Open AccessDevelopment and validation of oral health-related early childhood quality of life tool for North Indian preschool children
Author(s) -
Vijay Prakash Mathur,
Jatinder Kaur Dhillon,
Ajay Logani,
Ramesh Agarwal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.147078
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , early childhood caries , oral health , population , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , family medicine , pediatrics , clinical psychology , psychometrics , environmental health , nursing , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable instrument [Oral Health related Early Childhood Quality of Life (OH- ECQOL) scale] for measuring oral health related quality of life (OHrQoL) in preschool children in North Indian population.