Mohtasham Ghaffari|Sakineh Rakhshanderou|Ali Ramezankhani|Yadollah Mehrabi|Ali Safari?Moradabadi
Systematic review of the tools of oral and dental health literacy: assessment of conceptual dimensions and psychometric properties
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
article aims provide description conceptual dimensions psychometric properties tools oral dental health literacy two authors study conducted electronic searches medline via pubmed embase databases find relevant articles 1990 present day evaluation tools carried two parts general evaluation tools using skills introduced srensen et al qualitative assessment psychometric properties using cosmin checklist reviewing 1839 articles oral dental health literacy evaluating 33 full text articles eligibility 21 articles entered study sample size varied 20 1405 subjects items tool ranged 11 99 items 21 tools examined 16 tools evaluated word recognition studies examined evaluation cosmin scores often fair good 21 tools examined 9 tools least one dimension category poor 19 tools category fair 20 tools category good 4 tools category excellent least one dimension findings study showed aspects oral dental health literacy ignored existing tools therefore authors present study emphasize necessity design develop comprehensive tool take account two characteristics simplicity briefness international use