Should the frequency, severity, or both response scales be used for multi-item dental patient-reported outcome measures?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) index asks the respondents to indicate both, the frequency and severity of the impact. However, it is not clear if the two scaling methods are correlated, and if using one scale is sufficient. The purpose of the study was to investigate the correlation between frequency and severity rating scales of the OIDP instrument, and whether only one of the rating scales can be used instead of both.

Methods

A battery of patient-reported outcome questionnaires were administered to a consecutive sample of adult dental patients from HealthPartners dental clinics in Minnesota (N = 2,115). Only those who responded to any of the OIDP items were included in the analysis for this study (N = 873). We assessed correlations b

SUBMITTER: Pattanaik S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8855712 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature