Community Dental Health

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Cover Date:
March 2008
Print ISSN:
0265 539X
Vol:
25
Issue:
1

Development of a shortened Japanese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) for young and middle-aged adults

Objective The aim of this paper is to develop a short version of the Japanese OHIP (OHIP-J) appropriate for use in young and middle-aged adults, and to evaluate its properties using cross-sectional data. Method A study population of 8,658 workers aged 20-59 years rated their oral health by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Using a factor analysis approach, a shortened version of OHIP-J was derived. Internal consistency, floor effect, and construct validity were determined. Results We derived a subset of 18 items from OHIP-J (OHIPJA18), grouped into four subscales: “functional limitation”, “physical pain”, “psychological discomfort”, and “disability & handicap”. All four subscales had acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach alpha > 0.79). OHIP-JA18 demonstrated an acceptable floor effect, which was determined by the proportion of subjects who obtained a 0 score (<30%); however, the floor effect of the ordinary shortened version based on OHIP-14 (OHIP-J14) was not acceptable. We confirmed the conceptual framework of OHIP-JA18 that “disability & handicap” is affected by “functional limitation”, “physical pain” and “psychological discomfort”, because the model fitted the data moderately well by structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis (GFI=0.90, RMSEA=0.08). Conclusions OHIP-JA18 demonstrated acceptable measurement parameters to justify its use in outcome assessment for oral health related quality of life (OHQOL) in young and middle-aged adults in Japanese workers. Further studies will be needed to evaluate an intervention such as worksite health promotion.

Key words: Epidemiology, oral health, quality of life, questionnaire

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Page Start
38
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43
Authors
R. Ide, T. Mizoue, R. Yamamoto, M. Tsuneoka

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