title: Comparative validity of the OIDP and OHIP-14 in describing the impact of oral health on quality of life in a cross-sectional study performed in Spanish adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to compare the utility and validity of two popular socio-dental indicators (OIDP and OHIP-14) for describing the impact of oral conditions on quality of life applied simultaneously.
  
  
  METHODS
  We recruited a consecutive sample of 270 healthy Spanish workers visiting the Employment Risk Prevention Centre for a routine medical check-up. OHIP-14 was self-completed before the oral examination and the face to face interview of the OIDP was performed. Both instruments were compared by evaluating its reliability and its validity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The standardised Cronbach alphas for OHIP-14 and OIDP were 0.89 and 0.74 respectively. OIDP showed lower face validity but higher content validity than OHIP-14. Both indicators showed high construct and criterion validity, since individuals perceiving need for dental treatment or having any complaint about their mouth obtained significantly higher total OIDP and OHIP scores than their counterparts. The prevalence of impacts was much higher using the OHIP (80.7%) than the OIDP (27.8%).
authors.affiliation: Graduate in Odontology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain. javimont@usal.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montero
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: M-P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: M-P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Galindo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Albaladejo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bravo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D013030:Spain