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Development of a parents’ short form survey of their children's oral health
Author(s) -
Wang Yan,
Hays Ron,
Marcus Marvin,
Maida Carl,
Shen Jie,
Xiong Di,
Lee Steve,
Spolsky Vladimir,
Coulter Ian,
Crall James,
Liu Honghu
Publication year - 2019
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.12453
Subject(s) - medicine , oral health , referral , coping (psychology) , family medicine , mental health , health care , clinical psychology , psychiatry , economics , economic growth
Background Parents play an important role in their children's oral health behaviors, provide oral health access, initiate prevention, and coping strategies for health care. Aim This paper develops a short form ( SF ) to assist parents to evaluate their children's oral health status using Patient‐Reported Outcome Measurement Information System ( PROMIS ) framework that conceptualized health as physical, mental, and social components. Design Surveys of parents were conducted at dental clinics in Los Angeles County, together with an on‐site clinical examination by dentists to determine clinical outcomes, Children's Oral Health Status Index ( COHSI ), and referral recommendations ( RR s). Graded response models in item response theory were used to create the SF . A toolkit including SF , demographic information, and algorithms was developed to predict the COHSI and RR s. Results The final SF questionnaire consists of eight items. The square root mean squared error for the prediction of COHSI is 7.6. The sensitivity and specificity of using SF to predict immediate treatment needs (binary RR s) are 85% and 31%. Conclusions The parent SF is an additional component of the oral health evaluation toolkit that can be used for oral health screening, surveillance program, policy planning, and research of school‐aged children and adolescents from guardian perspectives.