Validity of individual self-report oral health measures in assessing periodontitis for causal research applications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-reported measures of periodontitis developed for use in population surveillance are increasingly used in causal research. Numerous studies evaluate the validity of these measures against clinical parameters of periodontitis, yet few include validation parameters outside of multivariable models. Individual item validity is necessary to adequately inform use of these measures in causal research.

Methods

We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2014 in which dentate participants completed full-mouth periodontal examinations (N = 6966). We evaluated six self-report questionnaire items related to periodontal disease status against periodontitis case definitions developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Ameri

SUBMITTER: Bond JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11483464 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature