TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of the ECOHIS and the CARIES-QC among an Australian “Aboriginal” population
AU - Arrow, Peter
AU - Brennan, David
AU - Mackean, Tamara
AU - McPhee, Rob
AU - Kularatna, Sanjeewa
AU - Jamieson, Lisa
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owners of the land on which the research was undertaken and the willing participation of the study participants. We also thank the guidance provided by the Aboriginal Reference Group and members of the Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisations. The study was partly funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council and Colgate Oral Care Australia, and the support of the Western Australia Dental Health Services is acknowledged.
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owners of the land on which the research was undertaken and the willing participation of the study participants. We also thank the guidance provided by the Aboriginal Reference Group and members of the Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisations. The study was partly funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council and Colgate Oral Care Australia, and the support of the Western Australia Dental Health Services is acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Purpose: An evaluation of the reliability and validity of two child oral health-related quality of life (COHRQoL) measures among Australian Aboriginal children who participated in a randomised trial was undertaken. Methods: Study participants completed the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) and the Caries Impacts and Experiences Questionnaire for Children (CARIES-QC). The questionnaires were completed a second time to test the scales’ test–retest reliability. Internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity were evaluated through Cronbach’s alpha, correlation of the scale scores with the global oral health evaluation, and comparison of scale scores among children with varying levels of caries experience, respectively. Results: Worse COHRQoL was reported by parents who rated their child’s oral health as poor and by children who rated their teeth as being a lot of problem. Cronbach’s alpha for the child impact section (CIS), family impact section (FIS), total ECOHIS score and the total CARIES-QC scale were 0.88, 0.81, 0.91 and 0.84, respectively. Spearman’s correlations between scale scores and global oral health ratings of the CIS, FIS, total ECOHIS and the CARIES-QC were 0.42, 0.34, 0.45 and 0.70, respectively, p < 0.001. The Kruskal–Wallis test of scale scores with grouped caries experience was statistically significant, p < 0.005. Test–retest reliabilities for the ECOHIS were CIS ICC = 0.91, FIS ICC = 0.89, total ECOHIS ICC = 0.93 and for the CARIES-QC, ICC = 0.61. Conclusions: Both the ECOHIS and the CARIES-QC were reliable and valid scales for use among an Australian Aboriginal population for assessing COHRQoL of preschool children. Trial registration: ACTRN12616001537448, date of registration—08 November 2016
AB - Purpose: An evaluation of the reliability and validity of two child oral health-related quality of life (COHRQoL) measures among Australian Aboriginal children who participated in a randomised trial was undertaken. Methods: Study participants completed the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) and the Caries Impacts and Experiences Questionnaire for Children (CARIES-QC). The questionnaires were completed a second time to test the scales’ test–retest reliability. Internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity were evaluated through Cronbach’s alpha, correlation of the scale scores with the global oral health evaluation, and comparison of scale scores among children with varying levels of caries experience, respectively. Results: Worse COHRQoL was reported by parents who rated their child’s oral health as poor and by children who rated their teeth as being a lot of problem. Cronbach’s alpha for the child impact section (CIS), family impact section (FIS), total ECOHIS score and the total CARIES-QC scale were 0.88, 0.81, 0.91 and 0.84, respectively. Spearman’s correlations between scale scores and global oral health ratings of the CIS, FIS, total ECOHIS and the CARIES-QC were 0.42, 0.34, 0.45 and 0.70, respectively, p < 0.001. The Kruskal–Wallis test of scale scores with grouped caries experience was statistically significant, p < 0.005. Test–retest reliabilities for the ECOHIS were CIS ICC = 0.91, FIS ICC = 0.89, total ECOHIS ICC = 0.93 and for the CARIES-QC, ICC = 0.61. Conclusions: Both the ECOHIS and the CARIES-QC were reliable and valid scales for use among an Australian Aboriginal population for assessing COHRQoL of preschool children. Trial registration: ACTRN12616001537448, date of registration—08 November 2016
KW - Caries experiences and impacts questionnaire for children
KW - Child oral health-relatedquality of life
KW - Early childhood caries
KW - Early childhood oral health impact scale
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U2 - 10.1007/s11136-020-02646-8
DO - 10.1007/s11136-020-02646-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 32974881
AN - SCOPUS:85091484109
VL - 30
SP - 531
EP - 542
JO - Quality of Life Research
JF - Quality of Life Research
SN - 0962-9343
IS - 2
ER -
