Karina Duarte Vilella|Luciana Reichert da Silva Assunção|Mônica Carmem Junkes|José Vitor Nogara Borges de Menezes|Fabián Calixto Fraiz|Fernanda Morais Ferreira
Training and calibration of interviewers for oral health literacy using the BREALD-30 in epidemiological studies
Universidade Federal do Paraná|Universidade Federal do Paraná|Universidade Federal do Paraná|Universidade Federal do Paraná|Universidade Federal do Paraná|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
objective study describe interviewer training calibration method evaluate oral health literacy using brazilian rapid estimate adult literacy dentistry breald30 epidemiological studies experienced researcher gold standard conducted training sessions interviewer training calibration sessions included three different phases theoretical training practical training calibration calibration phase six interviewers dentists independently assessed 15 videos individuals different levels oral health literacy accuracy reproducibility evaluated using kappa coefficient intraclass correlation coefficient icc percentage agreement word instrument also calculated training kappa values higher 0911 0893 intra interrater agreement respectively results analyzed separately different levels literacy lowest agreement rate found evaluating videos individuals low literacy k 0871 still within range considered nearperfect agreement icc values higher 0990 0975 intra interrater agreement respectively lowest percentage agreement 866 word hipoplasia hypoplasia interviewer training calibration method proved feasible effective therefore used methodological tool studies assessing oral health literacy using breald30