Development of a Greek Oral health literacy measurement instrument: GROHL.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health literacy is an important construct for both clinical and public health outcomes research. The need to quantify and test OHL has led to the development of measurement instruments and has generated a substantial body of recent literature. A commonly used OHL instrument is REALD-30, a word recognition scale that has been adapted for use in several languages. The objective of this study was the development and testing of the Greek language oral health literacy measurement instrument (GROHL).

Methods

Data from 282 adult patients of two private dental clinics in Athens, Greece were collected via in-person interviews. Forty-four words were initially considered and tested for inclusion. Item response theory analysis (IRT) and 2-parameter logistic models assess

SUBMITTER: Taoufik K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6964004 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature