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Ultra‐short version of the oral health impact profile in elderly Chileans
Author(s) -
León Soraya,
CorreaBeltrán Gloria,
De Marchi Renato J,
Giacaman Rodrigo A
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
geriatrics and gerontology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1447-0594
pISSN - 1444-1586
DOI - 10.1111/ggi.12710
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , oral health , gerontology , epidemiology , confidence interval , test (biology) , internal consistency , population , analysis of variance , mann–whitney u test , psychometrics , clinical psychology , dentistry , environmental health , paleontology , nursing , biology
Aim The aim of the present study was to develop and validate an ultra‐short S panish version of the Oral Health Impact Profile ( OHIP ) in an elderly C hilean population. Methods The OHIP ‐49 S p was applied to 490 older adults, and the seven questions with the higher impact on oral health‐related quality of life were selected through linear regression. These items were applied to 85 older adults to test internal consistency ( C ronbach's alpha). A discriminative validity analysis was carried out along with the assessment of sociodemographic and clinical variables. Data were analyzed using the M ann– W hitney U ‐test, Student's t ‐test and one‐way anova tests with a 95% confidence level. Results High internal consistency values were obtained for the OHIP ‐7 S p instrument (0.93). There was an association between the OHIP ‐7 S p scores and the presence of caries, need for complex periodontal treatment, prosthetic needs, and age younger than 70 years. Conclusion The OHIP ‐7 S p proved to be a consistent and valid tool to assess oral health‐related quality of life in C hilean older adults, and can be incorporated in epidemiological studies that include several other targets. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017; 17: 277–285.