Abstract
Reliability and validity of the Myanmar version of the child oral health impact profile – short form 19
Highlights
Oral Health-Related Quality Of Life (OHRQoL) is derived from a multidimensional construct that reveals individuals’ well-being when eating, sleeping, and engaging in social communication, their self-esteem, and their fulfillment with respect to oral health [1]
Discriminant validity presented that the quality of life was better for school children with a satisfactory oral health status than for school children who had an oral health problem
Boys and girls were not significantly different with regard to dental visit experience, reasons for a dental visit, and oral health status, but they did differ with regard to gingivitis and oral hygiene status
Summary
Oral Health-Related Quality Of Life (OHRQoL) is derived from a multidimensional construct that reveals individuals’ well-being when eating, sleeping, and engaging in social communication, their self-esteem, and their fulfillment with respect to oral health [1]. The OHRQoL provides important facts when measuring the treatment requirements of individuals and populations, creating clinical decisions, and assessing interventions, preventive programs and services for oral health care [2]. Dental diseases and concomitant pain can greatly affect the daily life of a child by triggering a lack of sleep and by affecting the child’s performance and quality of life [3,4]. To assess the condition of oral health, measuring the OHRQoL and the use of dental status indicators are necessary. The short form of the Child Perception Questionnaires (CPQ11-14) [2] and the Child Oral Health Impact Profile (COHIP) [6] are the most commonly used questionnaires for evaluating OHRQoL in children [7]
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