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Brazilian version of Positive Oral Health and Well-Being: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis

Perazzo, Matheus França; Ortiz, Fernanda Ruffo; Pérez-Díaz, Pablo Alejandro; Tsakos, Georgios; Zini, Avraham; Büssing, Arndt; Vered, Yuval; ... Paiva, Saul Martins; + view all (2022) Brazilian version of Positive Oral Health and Well-Being: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis. Brazilian Oral Research , 36 , Article e051. 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2022.vol36.0051. Green open access

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Abstract

Specific measures to evaluate positive oral health have been in a nascent stage in Dentistry, especially in developing countries. The present study aimed to translate, cross-culturally adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of Positive Oral Health and Well-Being (B-POHW). After forward-backwards translation to Brazilian Portuguese language, the cross-cultural adaptation of B-POHW was pretested, followed by the main study to perform psychometric analysis. We tested the model fit by Confirmatory Factor Analysis with categorical factor indicators in bifactor and simple structure models on a sample of 209 participants (mean age: 39.36 ± 12.26. Questionnaires about sociodemographic status, self-reported oral health-related outcomes, and general well-being were administered and used as external validation measures. Moreover, dental caries experience was clinically diagnosed. For test-retest reliability, 53 participants completed the B-POHW a fortnight later. The following results were found: a) the bifactor model presented the best model fit; b) the B-POHW demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's α and McDonald's ω > 0.8); c) the intraclass correlation coefficient suggested good reliability for the Global Factor of B-POHW in the test-retest (ICC = 0.84); d) evidence based on other variables and construct representation was in line with the positive oral health framework. The B-POHW is psychometrically sound to be used in a Brazilian context, and evidence of its internal structure confirmed its theoretical framework for measuring positive oral health. These findings advance in holistic approaches, enabling to assess positive oral health in Dental practice in Brazil.

Type: Article
Title: Brazilian version of Positive Oral Health and Well-Being: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis
Location: Brazil
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2022.vol36.0051
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-3107bor-2022.vol36.00...
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Adult, Brazil, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Dental Caries, Humans, Middle Aged, Oral Health, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Reproducibility of Results, Surveys and Questionnaires, Translations
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147927
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