Gustavo Hermes Soares|Fernanda Maria Rovai Bado|Carla Fabiana Tenani|Pedro Henrique Ribeiro Santiago|Lisa Jamieson|Fábio Luiz Mialhe
A psychometric network perspective to oral health literacy: Examining the replicability of network properties across the general community and older adults from Brazil
University of Adelaide|Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)|Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)|University of Adelaide|University of Adelaide|Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
abstract objectives evaluate replicability oral health literacy ohl network models across general community sample older adults brazil methods data obtained two oral health surveys conducted total 1138 participants ohl measured using short form health literacy dentistry scale held14 regularized partial correlation network estimated sample dimensionality structural stability examined via exploratory graph analysis network properties compared included global strength edge weights centrality estimates model replicability examined fitting general community model older participants data results six dimensions exact item composition detected network models receptivity domain older adults sample yielded low structural stability strong correlations observed edge weights 068 95 ci 062074 node strength estimates 063 95 ci 036089 statistically significant differences found global strength fit older adults sample held14 network structure general community sample satisfactory conclusion network models ohl replicated across general community sample older adults psychometric network approach useful tool evaluate measurement equivalence ohl instruments across populations