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An empirically derived population-response model of the short form of the Oral Health Impact Profile

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Jimmy Steele CBE, Patrick Allen

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this paper was to model the consequences of dental conditions from an empirical basis and to test the model's ability to predict response combinations. Methods: The model was derived from responses to the short-form Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP14) obtained from a UK population sample of 5281 dentate adults. This model was then used to predict OHIP14 response combinations obtained from a sample of 3973 dentate and edentulous adults in Australia. Findings: The empirically derived population-response model accounted for over 98% of response combinations of Australian dentate adults. Conclusions: The empirically derived model followed a similar hierarchical pattern to the base model underlying the long-form version of the measure (thereby supporting the validity of the OHIP14 measure) and was strongly predictive of the pattern of responses obtained from Australian adults. © Blackwell Munksgaard, 2006.

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Author(s): Nuttall NM, Slade GD, Sanders AE, Steele JG, Allen PF, Lahti S

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Year: 2006

Volume: 34

Issue: 1

Pages: 18-24

ISSN (print): 0301-5661

ISSN (electronic): 1600-0528

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00262.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00262.x

PubMed id: 16423027

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