Validation of the Orofacial Esthetic Scale in the general population

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Research

Pernilla Larsson¹  Mike T John²  Krister Nilner³  Thomas List⁴  Dipankar Bandyopadhyay⁵ 

[1] Centre of Oral Rehabilitation, Linköping, Sweden;Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA;Department of Oral Prosthetics, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden;Department of Stomatognathic Physiology, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden;Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA;

关键词: Confirmatory Factor Analysis;    Exploratory Factor Analysis;    Standardize Root Mean Square Residual;    Unidimensional Construct;    Correlate Measurement Error;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-10-135

 received in 2012-02-23, accepted in 2012-11-11,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Orofacial Esthetic Scale (OES) is an eight-item instrument to assess how patients perceive their dental and facial esthetics. In this cross-sectional study we investigated dimensionality, reliability, and validity of OES scores in the adult general population in Sweden.MethodsIn a random sample of the adult Swedish population (response rate: 39%, N=1159 subjects, 58% female, mean age (standard deviation): 49.2 (17.4) years), dimensionality of OES was investigated using factor analytic methods to determine how many scores are needed to characterize the construct. Reliability of scores was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha. Score validity was determined by correlating the OES summary score with a global indicator of orofacial esthetics (OE).ResultsFactor analyses provided support that a single score can sufficiently characterize OE. A Cronbach’s alpha of 0.93 indicated excellent reliability. A validity coefficient of r=0.89 (95% confidence interval: 0.87-0.90) indicated that OES summary scores correlated highly with a global OE assessment.ConclusionsThe OES is a promising instrument to measure the construct OE. Factor analyses supported that this construct can be assessed with one score, offering a feasible and acceptable standardized assessment of OE. The present study extends the OES use to the general population, an important target population for assessment of orofacial esthetics.

【 授权许可】

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