Development and initial validation of the Comprehensive Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Tool

ObjectivesImproving the oral health of the elderly is crucial to improving their general health and quality of life. To reach this goal, it is necessary to start with a comprehensive oral health assessment and a detailed treatment plan. The aim of this study was, therefore, to develop a comprehensiv...

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Published in:Clinical and experimental dental research 2023-10, Vol.9 (5), p.879-886
Main Authors: Shoaee, Shervan, Heydari, Mohammad‐Hossein, Hessari, Hossein, Mehrdad, Neda, Khalilazar, Laleh, Hatami, Bahareh, Sharifi, Farshad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aging
Dental caries
Dental insurance
Dentists
geriatric
Geriatrics
Gum disease
Health surveys
Medicine
Older people
oral health assessment
Oral hygiene
Original
Pilot projects
Population
Prostheses
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Self evaluation
Ulcers
Validity
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Summary:ObjectivesImproving the oral health of the elderly is crucial to improving their general health and quality of life. To reach this goal, it is necessary to start with a comprehensive oral health assessment and a detailed treatment plan. The aim of this study was, therefore, to develop a comprehensive Oral Health Assessment Tool for the geriatric population.Material and MethodsFollowing a panel of experts' consultation, a clinical form and a self-assessment questionnaire were developed, encompassing eight domains: dental caries, periodontal diseases, partial and complete edentulism, oral soft tissue lesions, occlusion, xerostomia, temporomandibular joints, and oral or oral prostheses hygiene. Subsequently, a pilot study was conducted to appraise the clinical form and questionnaire involving 84 residents of an Iranian nursing home. After securing ethics approval, both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the self-assessment questions' validity and reliability were assessed, and specificity and sensitivity were calculated.ResultsThe mean age of the participants was 69.8 (±4.1) years, and 86% had less than 12 years of education. The questions regarding the number of remaining teeth and the number of decayed teeth had the highest sensitivity (97% and 88%), respectively. Questions regarding the presence of periodontitis and gingivitis had the highest specificity (both 100%).ConclusionsA Comprehensive Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Tool has been developed and its validity and reliability evaluated in a pilot study. It should now be further evaluated in larger studies.
ISSN:2057-4347
2057-4347
DOI:10.1002/cre2.791