ORAL FRAILTY ASSESSMENT TOOL: INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND CROSS-SECTIONAL VALIDATION STUDY
2024
Oral Frailty Assessment Tool Development and Validation
Sample size: 372
publication
Evidence: moderate
Author Information
Author(s): Wan Qiaoqin, Yang Yue, Yang Chengfengyi
Primary Institution: Peking University
Hypothesis
A practical and feasible oral frailty scale is needed to comprehensively assess oral frailty in older adults.
Conclusion
The Oral Frailty Assessment Tool has acceptable validity and reliability for measuring oral frailty.
Supporting Evidence
- The scale was developed in two stages based on expert input.
- Content validity was assessed at 0.974.
- Internal consistency reliability reached 0.865.
- Retest reliability was found to be 0.940.
- The scale consists of five dimensions and 16 items.
Takeaway
Researchers created a new tool to check if older people have oral frailty, and it works well.
Methodology
The scale was developed through literature review and expert correspondence, followed by psychometric analysis including validity and reliability assessments.
Limitations
A wider range of cultures and samples are needed to refine the scale.
Participant Demographics
Chinese older adults.
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