Broomhead, T. orcid.org/0000-0003-1925-891X, Gibson, B.J., Parkinson, C. et al. (3 more authors) (2024) Development and psychometric validation of the gum health experience questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 51 (1). pp. 33-42. ISSN 0303-6979
Abstract
Aim
To develop and validate a new health-related quality of life measure to capture a wide range of gum-related impacts.
Materials and Methods
The measure was developed using a multi-stage approach and a theoretical model. Development involved semi-structured interviews, pilot testing, cross-sectional analysis among a general population (n = 152) to assess psychometric properties and test–retest reliability among a subsample (n = 27).
Results
Psychometric analysis supports the validity and reliability of the measure's impact scale. The measure has excellent internal reliability (nearly all item-total correlations above .4; Cronbach's alpha between .84 and .91 for subscales), with test–retest reliability also performing well (Intra-class correlation coefficient [ICC] of .91–.97 for subscales). Good content validity (indicated by large standard deviations for item and total scores) and construct validity (correlations of .54–.73 with global gum health rating for subscales, all p < .05) were also observed. Qualitative and quantitative data indicate that people with gum health-related symptoms experience different degrees of discomfort and impacts caused by their condition.
Conclusions
The gum health experience questionnaire holds substantial promise as a measure of gum-related quality of life in people across the gum health–disease continuum. Further face validity, refining and reducing the number of items and longitudinal studies to test evaluative properties are required before the measure can be used with confidence.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Periodontology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
Keywords: | gingivitis; gum health; periodontitis; person-reported outcome measure; quality of life |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Clinical Dentistry (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2023 14:56 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2024 11:57 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jcpe.13878 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:203655 |
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