Cross-cultural adaptation of CPQ11-14 for measuring oral health related-quality of life of primary school children

Authors

Thidarat Nuansri
Songchai Thitasomakul

Publication Date

2014-09-01

Abstract

Objective To assess validity and reliability of a cross-cultural adaptation CPQ11-14 and to explore association of oral health related quality of life and oral health status in primary school children. Materials and methods CPQ11-14 was culturally adapted to a Thai-version. Then, it was tested for face validity, construct validity and rearranged to form 4 new domains, namely mental and social, pain and discomfort, communication and learning domain. Internal reliability, external reliability and concurrent validity were also analyzed. It was administered in 481 samples. CPQ11-14 total scores were collected and the association between oral health related quality of life and dental caries and gingivitis was explored. Results Of all children, 96.85% perceived the oral health impact on quality of life, given mean CPQ11-14 total scores of 10.11 ± 8.33 (full marks 120). Ninety eight point seven zero percent had dental caries in permanent teeth with DMFS at 12.44 surface/person, initial caries at 10.48 surface/ person and severe caries at 1.53 surface/person. Childrenûs quality of life scores were associated with prevalence and severity of dental caries in every domain. The most affected domain was communication, while pain and discomfort was affected when children have severe dental caries and finally impacted on learning. Ninety nine point five four percent of children had gingivitis but it was not associated with CPQ11-14 score. Conclusion The cross-cultural adaptation of CPQ11-14 is able to assess the oral health-related quality of life of primary school children. The level of perception of quality of life varied according to the level of dental caries severity.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.CUDJ.37.3.7

First Page

327

Last Page

340

Recommended Citation

Nuansri, Thidarat and Thitasomakul, Songchai (2014) "Cross-cultural adaptation of CPQ11-14 for measuring oral health related-quality of life of primary school children," Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal: Vol. 37: Iss. 3, Article 7.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.CUDJ.37.3.7
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/cudj/vol37/iss3/7