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Psychometric evaluation of a short-form version of the Swedish "Attitudes to and Knowledge of Oral Health" questionnaire
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- Snögren, Maria (author)
- Högskolan i Skövde,Jönköping University,The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare,School of Health Sciences, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Forskningsmiljön hälsa, hållbarhet och digitalisering,Research School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden,Wellbeing in Long-term Health Problems (WeLHP)
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- Pakpour, Amir H. (author)
- Jönköping University,HHJ, Avdelningen för omvårdnad,The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare,School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden ; Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden
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- Eriksson, Irene (author)
- Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Forskningsmiljön hälsa, hållbarhet och digitalisering,Family-Centred Health (FamCeH)
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- Stensson, Malin, 1970- (author)
- Jönköping University,HHJ, Avdelningen för odontologi och oral hälsa,HHJ. Centrum för odontologi och oral hälsa,HHJ. CHILD,Centre of Oral Health, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping Uni-versity, Sweden
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- Ek, Kristina, 1965- (author)
- Högskolan i Skövde,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Forskningsmiljön hälsa, hållbarhet och digitalisering,Wellbeing in Long-term Health Problems (WeLHP)
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- Browall, Maria, 1963 (author)
- Jönköping University,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för onkologi,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Oncology,HHJ, Avdelningen för omvårdnad,The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare,Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden / Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- 2022-06-22
- 2022
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In: BMC Geriatrics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2318. ; 22:1
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- Background Healthcare professionals' attitudes to and knowledge of oral health are fundamental to providing good oral health care to older adults. One instrument that assesses healthcare professionals' attitudes to and knowledge of oral health in a Swedish context is the "Attitudes to and Knowledge of Oral health" (AKO) questionnaire. Two of the three item-groups of the AKO have previously been validated in a Swedish context. However, it is crucial that all three item-groups are validated, and beneficial to design a shorter, easy-to-use questionnaire for healthcare professionals while maintaining adequate integrity of its reliability and validity. Therefore, the present study aims to develop a short-form version of AKO and to secure its psychometric properties. Methods Psychometric evaluation with Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory to validate and shorten AKO with 611 healthcare professionals from a population of 1159 working in a municipality in an urban area in western Sweden. Results Of the original 16 items in the AKO, 13 were shown to warrant retention in the abbreviated/shortened form. These showed acceptable validity and reliability for assessing healthcare professionals' attitudes to and knowledge of oral health. Conclusion This validated short-form version of AKO shows acceptable validity and reliability after being reduced to 13 items, structured in a 3-part scale. The items are consistent with the total scale, indicating that the internal consistency is acceptable. Future studies should be performed to evaluate AKO in other groups of healthcare professionals, across cultures, languages, and so on, to investigate its use and strengthen its validity and reliability.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Geriatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Geriatrics (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Odontologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Dentistry (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Annan hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Other Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Attitudes
- Healthcare professional
- Knowledge
- Older adults
- Oral
- health
- Oral health care
- nursing-homes
- care
- confidence
- nurses
- people
- Geriatrics & Gerontology
- Attitudes
- Wellbeing in long-term health problems (WeLHP)
- Familjecentrerad hälsa (FamCeH)
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