Title |
Design and validation of an oral health questionnaire for preoperative anaesthetic evaluation
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Published in |
Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, March 2016
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DOI | 10.1016/j.bjane.2015.08.007 |
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Authors |
Gema Ruíz-López del Prado, Vendula Blaya-Nováková, Zuleika Saz-Parkinson, Óscar Luis Álvarez-Montero, Alba Ayala, Maria Fe Muñoz-Moreno, Maria João Forjaz |
Abstract |
Dental injuries incurred during endotracheal intubation are more frequent in patients with previous oral pathology. The study objectives were to develop an oral health questionnaire for preanaesthesia evaluation, easy to apply for personnel without special dental training; and establish a cut-off value for detecting persons with poor oral health. Validation study of a self-administered questionnaire, designed according to a literature review and an expert group's recommendations. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of patients evaluated in a preanaesthesia consultation. Rasch analysis of the questionnaire psychometric properties included viability, acceptability, content validity and reliability of the scale. The sample included 115 individuals, 50.4% of men, with a median age of 58 years (range: 38-71). The final analysis of 11 items presented a Person Separation Index of 0.861 and good adjustment of data to the Rasch model. The scale was unidimensional and its items were not biased by sex, age or nationality. The oral health linear measure presented good construct validity. The cut-off value was set at 52 points. The questionnaire showed sufficient psychometric properties to be considered a reliable tool, valid for measuring the state of oral health in preoperative anaesthetic evaluations. |
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