Greek Version of the Orofacial Esthetic Scale (OES-Gr): Dental-Patient Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation and Measurement of Invariance Across Sex, Age and Educational Level

Background: Orofacial esthetics is one of the most important dental patient-reported outcomes. Aims: To examine the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Orofacial Esthetic Scale (OES-Gr) and to measure differences across sex, age and educational level. Methodology: A cross-sectional s...

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Published in:International journal of caring sciences 2023-01, Vol.16 (1), p.31-42
Main Authors: Togas, Constantinos, Alexias, George, Stamadianos, Vasileios, Makri, Christina, Tasioudi, Constantina-Athanasia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Bilingualism
Body image
Clinical outcomes
Cross-sectional studies
Dentists
Greek language
Oral hygiene
Patients
Perceptions
Quality of life
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Self image
Teeth
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Summary:Background: Orofacial esthetics is one of the most important dental patient-reported outcomes. Aims: To examine the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Orofacial Esthetic Scale (OES-Gr) and to measure differences across sex, age and educational level. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of 680 dental patients (44.9% men - 55.1% women) in two settings in Athens, Greece: The first setting was a private dental clinic and the second was a public dental clinic in Korgialeneio-Benakeio Hellenic Red Cross Hospital. The participants' mean age was 40 years (SD=12.28). The questionnaire administered included sociodemographic information, OES-Gr and items 6 and 8 of Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14). The duration of the study was 11 months (April 2021-February 2022) and data analyses were conducted by SPSS v.26. Results: The analysis supported a unidimensional structure for the OES-Gr. Cronbachs a for the 7 items of the OES-Gr was .94 and average inter-item correlation was .73. The correlation between the summary score of the seven OES-Gr items and the OES global assessment (item 8) was high (r= .91, p
ISSN:1791-5201
1792-037X