Development and validation of the Dental Nutrition Knowledge Competency Scale for low-income women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate a Dental Nutrition Knowledge Competency Scale to assess dental health-related nutrition knowledge of low-income women.

Design

This is a cross-sectional study. A literature search for foods/dietary practices related to dental caries was conducted and the items were incorporated into an initial questionnaire. A panel of ten nutrition experts evaluated it for its content, readability and relevance, and a focus group of six low-income women determined its readability and comprehension. Then the questionnaire was administered to 150 low-income women. Construct validity was evaluated by item difficulty, item discrimination and factor analysis. Internal consistency reliability was tested via Cronbach's α. In a sub-sample of forty women, test-retest

SUBMITTER: Sachdev PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200570 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature