Sicong Sun, Yu-Chih Chen
Is Financial Capability a Determinant of Health? Theory and Evidence
Journal of family and economic issues
authors aim evaluate scale assessing oral health knowledge krohl knowledge related oral health literacy including interrater reliability scoring openended questions internal consistency hypothesized scales discriminant validity resulting scale relationship existing measures oral health literacy questionnaire administered via facetoface interviews 144 volunteers recruited waiting areas clinics throughout nyu college dentistrythe krohl questionnaire evaluates oral health knowledge asking openended questions appearance cause treatment prevention caries gum disease oral cancer tooth loss malocclusion 20 questions scored produce scale scores demographic information selfreported measure hl cmohk comprehensive measure oral health knowledge also collecteddata analyzed using pearson correlation coefficients principal components analysis computing cronbachs alpha cohens kappa comparing group means anova kappa indicated good excellent agreement among raters full individual subscales krohl cronbachs alpha indicated good consistency full scale score individual scales mean sd krohl score lower patient group dental students 133 59 vs 261 47 p 001 varied directly education level within patients krohl scores unrelated existing measures health literacy krohl scale innovative reliable valid tool assess overall oral health knowledge provide information customize educational interventions research needed determine validity reliability scale multiple settings innovation krohl tool assessment oral health knowledge lies ability scale depth knowledge within domains identification causes prevention treatment common oral conditions