Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) is a relatively new but rapidly growing notion. The concept of OHRQOL can become a tool to understand and shape not only the state of clinical practice, dental research and dental education but also that of community at large.
OHRQOL as “a multidimensional construct that reflects people's comfort when eating, sleeping, and engaging in social interaction; their self-esteem; and their satisfaction with respect to their oral health.”
There are different approaches to measure OHRQOL; the most popular one is multiple item questionnaires.I would like to know a standardized questionnaire to assess the OHRQOL in children suffering from early childhood and rampant caries.
Hi Megha. There is no condition specific OHRQoL questionnaire for ECC. However, there are several self-reported and few parent reported questionnaires that are in use for common oral conditions including dental caries. Specifically, for children of preschool age, ECOHIS and SOHO-5 seems to be appropriate. ECOHIS is parent reported and SOHO-5 is administered to children. Please make sure to evaluate the psychometric properties of any questionnaire you use after cross-cultural adaptation as these were developed in English. Hope I have answered your question.
Hi Megha. There is no condition specific OHRQoL questionnaire for ECC. However, there are several self-reported and few parent reported questionnaires that are in use for common oral conditions including dental caries. Specifically, for children of preschool age, ECOHIS and SOHO-5 seems to be appropriate. ECOHIS is parent reported and SOHO-5 is administered to children. Please make sure to evaluate the psychometric properties of any questionnaire you use after cross-cultural adaptation as these were developed in English. Hope I have answered your question.
Data collection from questionnaire should be suitable on its answerer. For child's caregiver, question should be easy understanding with short brief sentence to quick answer such as right or wrong or five grids which answered by instinct. Cannot be short answer question as writing exam paper. Let all answerers submit questionnaire completely avoiding lost too many is also a hard object.
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