SELF-PERCEIVED ESTHETICS, CHEWING FUNCTION AND ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH NEW REMOVABLE DENTURES
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Sanja PERŠIĆ
DDS, PhD, Senior Research Assistant Department of Prosthodontics
School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Peršić was born on 9th February 1984 in Pula. She completed her elementary and high school studies in Labin and graduated from the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb in 2008. In 2014 she finished her doctoral thesis earning her PhD degree. Since 2009 she has been working as a research assistant at the Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb. In 2016 year she finished a 3-year training course and became a Prosthodontics Specialist. She received the „ Roberto and Daniela Giannini” award for the best scientific paper in Labin and the International College of Prosthodontists award in 2013. She was designated the best research assistant of the School of Dental Medicine in 2013 and 2014. She received the award for young scientists and artists from the Society of University Professors and Scientists in Zagreb.
Questions
Which instrument was used to assess patients’ self-percieved orofacial aesthetics:
q a. Oral Health Impact Profile quesstionnaire; q b. Orofacial Esthetic Scale; q c. Questionnaire of Participants’ Satisfaction with their Dental Appearance; q d. Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index.
Which of the following statements about OHIP14 Questionnaire is false?
q a. It is an instrument which measures self-reported several dimensions of oral health-related quality of life; q b. It consists of 14-items; q c. The summary scores range from 0( minimum) to 40( maximum); q d. Higher scores represent more impaired OHRQoL.
The chewing function questionnaire has been developed to measure: q a. How patients are satisfied with the new dentures;
q b. How patients rate their oral health-related quality of life; q c. How patients rate difficulties while chewing different foods( including food incision) and the summary score shows the result; q d. Difficulties only during food incision
When using a structured questionnaire in a new cultural environment one needs to:
q a. Translate a questionnaire; q b. Translate a questionnaire and check the back-translation; q c. Translate a questionnaire and check the back-translation, as well as internal reliability( Cronbach alfa); q d. Translate a questionnaire, check the back-translation and other psychometric properties, such as reliability( internal reliability and test-retest), validity( convergent, divergent, etc.) and responsiveness( when possible).
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