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Responsiveness of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11–14 for Cambodian children undergoing basic dental care
Author(s) -
Turton Bathsheba J.,
Thomson W. Murray,
Foster Page Lyndie A.,
Saub Roslan,
Ishak Abdul Razak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of paediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.183
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1365-263X
pISSN - 0960-7439
DOI - 10.1111/ipd.12091
Subject(s) - mcnemar's test , medicine , test (biology) , quality of life (healthcare) , dental care , family medicine , scale (ratio) , oral health , nursing , paleontology , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , biology
Background Oral‐Health‐Related Quality of Life ( OHRQ oL) instruments are useful outcome measures in dental health services research; however, there are no reports of the use OHRQ oL measures in evaluating the outcome of basic dental care in children anywhere. Aim The aims of this study are to evaluate the responsiveness of the Khmer version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11–14 ( CPQ 11–14 ) and to describe changes in OHRQ oL associated with the provision of basic dental care. Design A pre‐test/post‐test design, with a clinical convenience sample of children aged from 8 to 14 years of age who received basic dental care from a local nongovernmental organisation ( NGO ). Results Of the 140 children in the baseline sample, 116 (82.9%) were followed up. The mean change in CPQ 11–14 overall score for those with caries was 1.7, representing a small improvement in OHRQ oL. There was a moderate (one in three) statistically significant reduction in the prevalence of impacts across the whole sample ( P < 0.001; McNemar test), and one in five improved by the minimally important difference ( MID ) of five‐scale points. Conclusions The Khmer version of the CPQ 11–14 appears to be a valid and responsive measure for assessing treatment‐associated changes in OHRQ oL in children with dental caries in Cambodia.