Investigation of the psychometric properties of the Turkish child-friendly Oral Health Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral problems are a common occurrence among school-age children. In order to develop effective oral health interventions and services, it is essential to determine children's oral health behaviours using an internationally accepted standardised instrument that is child-friendly. However, no instrument currently exists to measure oral health according to the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) in Turkish school-aged children. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Oral Health Questionnaire, which includes the components of the theory of planned behavior such as attitude toward children's oral health, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and self-efficacy, for the Turkish population.

Methods

This was a methodological-desc

SUBMITTER: Karayagiz Muslu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11344295 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature