Screening preschool children with toothache: validation of the Brazilian version of the Dental Discomfort Questionnaire.
Health Qual Life Outcomes
; 12: 30, 2014 Mar 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The Dental Discomfort Questionnaire (DDQ) is an observational instrument intended to measure dental discomfort and/or pain in children under 5 years of age. This study aimed to validate a previously cross-culturally adapted version of DDQ in a Brazilian children sample.METHODS:
Participants included 263 children (58.6% boys, mean age 43.5 months) that underwent a dental examination to assess dental caries, and their parent that filled out the cross-culturally adapted DDQ on their behalf. Exploratory factor analysis (principal component analysis form) and psychometric tests were done to assess instrument's dimensionality and reliability.RESULTS:
Exploratory factor analysis revealed a multidimensional instrument with 3 domains 'eating and sleeping problems' (Cronbach's alpha 0.81), 'earache problems' (alpha 0.75), and 'problems with brushing teeth' (alpha 0.78). The assessment had excellent stability (weighted-kappa varying from 0.68 to 0.97). Based on the factor analysis, the model with all 7 items included only in the first domain (named DDQ-B) was further explored. The items and total median score of the DDQ-B were related to parent-reported toothache and the number of decayed teeth, demonstrating good construct and discriminant validities.CONCLUSIONS:
DDQ-B was proven a reliable pain assessment tool to screen this group of Brazilian children for caries-related toothache, with good psychometric properties.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dor
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Odontalgia
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Medição da Dor
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Inquéritos e Questionários
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article