German short forms of the Oral Health Impact Profile

• Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 277 - 288
• Main Authors: John, Mike T., Miglioretti, Diana L., LeResche, Linda, Koepsell, Thomas D., Hujoel, Philippe, Micheelis, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2006
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Female; Germany; Gum disease; Health behavior; health-related quality of life; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mouth; Mouth Diseases - psychology; Oral Health; oral health-related quality of life; Psychometrics; Quality of Life; questionnaire; Regression Analysis; reliability; Reproducibility of Results; short instruments; Sickness Impact Profile; Surveys and Questionnaires; Translations; validity; Germany

–  Objectives:  We report the development and psychometric evaluation of short forms of the Oral Health Impact Profile German version (OHIP‐G) ‐ an instrument to assess oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL). Methods:  A five‐item short form was developed using best subset regression in 2050 s...