Cross cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Bengali version of the Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children in Bangladesh has not yet been measured, as there is no validated OHRQoL measure for that population. The aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt the child self-report and parental proxy report versions of the Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5) into Bengali and test their psychometric properties: face validity, construct validity (convergent and discriminant validity) and reliability (internal consistency and test-retest reliability), among 5-9-year-old children and their parents in Bangladesh and assess associations between dental caries/sepsis and OHRQoL in this population.

Methods

The forward-backward translated Bengali SOHO-5 was piloted among 272 children and thei

SUBMITTER: Mishu MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866745 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature