The basic research factors questionnaire for studying early childhood caries

BMC Oral Health

Research Article

Angela G. Brega¹  Judith Albino¹  Terrence S. Batliner¹  Paul Geltman²  Raul I. Garcia²  Belinda Borrelli²  Brenda Heaton²  Michelle M. Henshaw²  Nancy R. Kressin³  Judith C. Barker⁴  Stuart A. Gansky⁴  Steven E. Gregorich⁵  Tracy L. Finlayson⁶  Jane A. Weintraub⁷  Tamanna Tiwari⁸ 

[1] Center for Native Oral Health Research (CNOHR), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA;Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities (CREEDD), Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA;Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities (CREEDD), Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA;Section of General Internal medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA;VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA;Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health (CAN DO), School of Dentistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health (CAN DO), School of Dentistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health (CAN DO), School of Dentistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA;Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health (CAN DO), School of Dentistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA;University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Department of Applied Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA;

关键词: Dental caries;    Children;    Surveys;    Risk factors;    Oral health;    Parent/caregivers;    Common data elements;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12903-017-0374-5

 received in 2016-11-14, accepted in 2017-05-10,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWe describe development of the Early Childhood Caries (ECC) Basic Research Factors Questionnaire (BRFQ), a battery of measures assessing common potential predictors, mediators, and moderators of ECC. Individual-, family-, and community-level factors that are linked to oral health outcomes across at-risk populations are included. Developing standard measures of factors implicated in ECC has the potential to enhance our ability to understand mechanisms underlying successful prevention and to develop more effective interventions.MethodsThe Early Childhood Caries Collaborating Centers (EC4), funded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, developed the BRFQ, which was used across four randomized trials to develop and test interventions for reducing ECC in at-risk populations. Forty-five investigators from across the centers and NIDCR were involved in the development process. Eight “measures working groups” identified relevant constructs and effective measurement approaches, which were then categorized as “essential” or “optional” common data elements (CDEs) for the EC4 projects.ResultsEssential CDEs include 88 items, with an additional 177 measures categorized as optional CDEs. Essential CDEs fell under the following domains: oral health knowledge, oral health behavior, utilization/insurance and cost, parent/caregiver dental self-efficacy, quality of life, caregiver and family characteristics, and child characteristics.ConclusionsThe BRFQ makes available a battery of measures that support efforts to understand population risk factors for ECC and to compare oral health outcomes across populations at risk. The BRFQ development process may be useful to other clinical research networks and consortia developing CDEs in other health research fields.Trial registrationAll the trial that used the BRFQ were registered at Clinicaltrial.gov NCT01116726, April 29, 2010; NCT01116739, May 3, 2010; NCT01129440, May 21, 2010; and NCT01205971, September 19, 2010.

【 授权许可】

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