Development of patient-reported outcome measures of children's oral health aesthetics.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of child- and parent-proxy measures of oral health aesthetics.

Methods

Items that describe children's perceptions of their oral attractiveness and its impact on social, emotional, and behavioural functioning were developed based on a systematic review of existing measures, clinician feedback (n = 13) and child semi-structured interviews (n = 27). The tools' content validity was assessed in cognitive interviews with 21 children. Items were administered to socio-demographically diverse samples of 998 children aged 8-17 years and 626 parents of children aged 5-17 years. Psychometric methods were used to finalize and calibrate item banks, generate short questionnaire forms, and evaluate the tools' reliability, precis

SUBMITTER: Bevans KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8629137 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature