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The validity of self-reported number of teeth and edentulousness among Norwegian older adults, the HUNT Study

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العنوان: The validity of self-reported number of teeth and edentulousness among Norwegian older adults, the HUNT Study
المؤلفون: Hedda Høvik, Marit Kolberg, Linda Gjøra, Line Cathrine Nymoen, Rasa Skudutyte-Rysstad, Lene Hystad Hove, Yi-Qian Sun, Tone Natland Fagerhaug
المصدر: BMC Oral Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Dentistry
مصطلحات موضوعية: Epidemiology, Self-report, Number of teeth, Tooth count, Edentulous, Oral health, Dentistry, RK1-715
الوصف: Abstract Background Number of teeth is an established indicator of oral health and is commonly self-reported in epidemiological studies due to the costly and labor-intensive nature of clinical examinations. Although previous studies have found self-reported number of teeth to be a reasonably accurate measure, its accuracy among older adults ≥ 70 years is less explored. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of self-reported number of teeth and edentulousness in older adults and to investigate factors that may affect the accuracy of self-reports. Methods This study included two different samples of older adults ≥ 70 years drawn from the fourth wave of the Trøndelag Health Study (the HUNT Study), Norway. Sample 1 (n = 586) was used to evaluate the validity of self-reported number of teeth and sample 2 (n = 518) was used to evaluate self-reported edentulousness. Information on number of teeth and background variables (education, smoking, cognitive function, and self-perceived general and oral health) were self-reported in questionnaires, while clinical oral health examinations assessed number of teeth, number of teeth restored or replaced by fixed prosthodontics and edentulousness. Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficients, Bland–Altman plot, chi-square test and kappa statistics were used to assess the agreement between self-reported and clinically recorded number of teeth. Results The mean difference between self-reported and clinically recorded number of teeth was low (− 0.22 teeth), and more than 70% of the participants reported their number of teeth within an error of two teeth. Correlations between self-reports and clinical examinations were high for the total sample (0.86 (Spearman) and 0.91 (Pearson)). However, a lower correlation was found among participants with dementia (0.74 (Spearman) and 0.85 (Pearson)), participants having ≥ 20 teeth (0.76 (Spearman) and 0.67 (Pearson)), and participants with ≥ 5 teeth restored or replaced by fixed prosthodontics (0.75 (Spearman) and 0.77 (Pearson)). Self-reports of having teeth or being edentulous were correct in 96.3% of the cases (kappa value 0.93, p value
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1472-6831
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6831
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-022-02116-2
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/0845f14e16f64b919d70c77236b17e37
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.0845f14e16f64b919d70c77236b17e37
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14726831
DOI:10.1186/s12903-022-02116-2