PMID- 11989207
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020724
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 0022-4006 (Print)
IS  - 0022-4006 (Linking)
VI  - 62
IP  - 2
DP  - 2002 Spring
TI  - Validation of self-reported oral health measures.
PG  - 122-8
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To assess the validity of self-reported oral disease and health care 
      measures in two populations. METHODS: Telephone interviews were conducted among a 
      subsample of participants in the VA Dental Longitudinal Study (VADLS) asking them 
      about periodontal disease status and treatment. Radiographic alveolar bone loss 
      evaluated at all the interproximal sites was used as the standard. A separate 
      study was carried out among first-time patients at the Harvard School of Dental 
      Medicine (HSDM) student clinic. Self-reported measures were obtained by a 
      self-administered questionnaire and compared with clinical and radiograph 
      examinations. The measures used were based on published work that demonstrated 
      good validity of self-reported periodontal measures among health professionals. 
      RESULTS: Among 145 VADLS participants, self-reports of periodontal disease showed 
      a good specificity (59.8%-90.7%), but low sensitivity (17.7%-64.7%). Among 58 
      HSDM patients, the self-reported numbers of remaining teeth, fillings, root canal 
      therapy, and prosthesis were strongly correlated with clinical records (r = 
      0.74-1.0); self-report was less accurate for measures of periodontal disease (r = 
      0.56) and decayed teeth (r = 0.47). CONCLUSIONS: Self-reports provide reasonably 
      valid estimates for numbers of remaining teeth, fillings, root canal therapy, and 
      fixed and removable prostheses. However, they appear to be less useful for the 
      assessment of dental caries and periodontal disease in the two populations we 
      have studied. There remains a need and potential to further develop self-report 
      oral health measures that are valid for use in large population studies. Such 
      self-report measures would yield great cost and time savings.
FAU - Pitiphat, Waranuch
AU  - Pitiphat W
AD  - Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, 188 Longwood 
      Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
FAU - Garcia, Raul I
AU  - Garcia RI
FAU - Douglass, Chester W
AU  - Douglass CW
FAU - Joshipura, Kaumudi J
AU  - Joshipura KJ
LA  - eng
GR  - K24 DE00419/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - United States
TA  - J Public Health Dent
JT  - Journal of public health dentistry
JID - 0014207
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Alveolar Bone Loss/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Dental Caries/diagnosis
MH  - Dental Prosthesis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Dental Restoration, Permanent/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Epidemiologic Methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Oral Health
MH  - Periodontal Diseases/*diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Radiography
MH  - Root Canal Therapy/statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Self-Assessment
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2002/05/07 10:00
MHDA- 2002/07/26 10:01
CRDT- 2002/05/07 10:00
PHST- 2002/05/07 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/07/26 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2002/05/07 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2002.tb03432.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Public Health Dent. 2002 Spring;62(2):122-8. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1752-7325.2002.tb03432.x.