Cross-cultural adaptation of the Arabic version of the oral health values scale.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The study aimed to adapt the original English-language oral health values scale (OHVS) to the Arabic culture and to test its psychometric properties.

Methods

The original OHVS was translated into Arabic language and pre-tested using cognitive interviewing. The psychometric properties of Arabic OHVS were examined in a sample comprising 416 Libyan adults aged 18-70 years, recruited from the main public and private dental clinics in Benghazi. The participants' demographic information, oral health behaviour, perceived oral health, the Arabic version of the OHVS (A-OHVS), dental neglect scale, oral health-related quality of life, oral health literacy, simplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S), and decayed, missing, and filled teeth index (DMFT) were collected. Psychometric prope

SUBMITTER: Traina S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407107 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature