Linda Maria Stein|Kjell Sverre Pettersen|Maud Bergdahl|Jan Bergdahl
Development and validation of an instrument to assess oral health literacy in Norwegian adult dental patients
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
objective develop validate interview instrument assess oral health literacy norwegian adult dental patients materials methods instrument adult health literacy instrument dentistry ahlid based oecd instrument used assess general literacy adults one hundred thirty norwegian adults mean age 48 years 57 women participated ahlid included selection oral healthrelated printed texts ranged 15 respect difficulty questionnaire regarding sociodemographic variables knowledge risk factors oral disease used dmft stimulated salivary flow rate streptococcus mutans lactobacillus saliva also examined results cronbachs alpha values ahlid 098 internal consistency reliability p 001 081 testretest reliability p 005 ahlid score 3 frequent fulfilled criteria score 1 5 linear multiple regression analysis showed lactobacillus saliva knowledge risk factors periodontitis caries predictor variables ahlid score conclusions ahlid appears reliable valid assess oral health literacy norwegian adults suggests method countryspecific health literacy instruments