Validity and reliability of a Turkish pediatric oral health-related quality of life measure

Authors : İffet YAZICIOĞLU, Judith JONES, Cem DOĞAN, Sharon RİCH, Raul İ. GARCİA

Pages : 25-32

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Publication Date : 2018-01-03

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :DOI : 10.26650/eor.2018.53923 Purpose This study aimed to develop Turkish measures for Pediatric Oral Health-related Quality of Life insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(POQL); and evaluate their reliability and validity for use in Turkish children aged 8–14 years insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Child Self-Report measure; CSR); and their caregivers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Parent Report-on-Child measure; PRC);. Materials and methods The English POQL was translated into Turkish, adapted for the Turkish culture, and tested in 149 children and their caregivers attending the Çukurova University Pediatric Dentistry clinics to assess the reliability, internal consistency, and discriminant and convergent validity of the Turkish version. Results The internal consistency of the Turkish POQL evaluated using Cronbach’s alpha was 0.905 for CSR and 0.887 for PRC. To determine the test–retest reliability, the Turkish POQL was administered to a sub-sample insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=16); a second time 2 weeks after the first survey administration. Intraclass correlation coefficient values of the individual items were 0.895 for CSR and 0.992 for PRC. For total scores, there was a significant difference based on clinical caries status and perceived oral health in both CSR and PRC. Conclusion The Turkish POQL is a valid and reliable measure of the perceived impact of oral conditions on children’s lives.
Keywords : Quality of life, oral health, children, validity and reliability, pediatric