Matilda Mtaya|Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm|Georgios Tsakos
Applicability of an abbreviated version of the Child-OIDP inventory among primary schoolchildren in Tanzania
University College London
need studies evaluating oral health related quality life ohrqol children developing countriesto assess psychometric properties prevalence perceived causes child version oral impact daily performance inventory childoidp among school children two sociodemographically different districts tanzania sociobehavioral clinical correlates childrens ohrqol also investigatedone thousand six hundred one children mean age 13 yr 605 girls attending 16 urban rural primary schools kinondoni temeke districts completed survey instrument face face interviews participated full mouth clinical examination survey instrument designed measure kiswahili translated culturally adapted childoidp frequency score global oral health indicators sociodemographic factorsthe kiswahili version childoidp inventory preserved overall concept original english version revealed good reliability terms cronbachs alpha coefficient 077 kinondoni 062 temeke 076 weighted kappa scores testretest 10 08 kinondoni temeke respectively validity supported oidp scores varied systematically expected direction selfreported oral health measures sociobehavioral indicators confirmatory factor analyses cfa confirmed three dimensions identified initially principle component analysis within oidp item pool total 286 participants least one oral impact area specific rates kinondoni temeke 185 455 frequently reported impacts problems eating cleaning teeth frequently reported cause impacts toothache ulcer mouth position teeththis study showed kiswahili version childoidp applicable use among schoolchildren tanzania