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Development of a Word Instrument to Test Dental Health Literacy: The DFLD Determination of Functional Literacy in Dentistry
Kapoor P1*, Prasad S2 and Tandon S3
1Department of Public Health Dentistry, New Delhi, India
2Department of Public Health Dentistry, MG Dental College and Hospital, Rajasthan, India
3Department of Public Health Dentistry, SGT Dental College, Haryana, India
- *Corresponding Author:
- Pooja Kapoor
MDS, Department of Public Health Dentistry Private Practitioner
New Delhi, India
E-mail: drpooja.kpr@gmail.com
Received date: March 22, 2016; Accepted date: September 02, 2016; Published date: September 19, 2016
Citation: Kapoor P, Prasad S, Tandon S (2016) Development of a Word Instrument to Test Dental Health Literacy: The DFLD- Determination of Functional Literacy in Dentistry. J Community Med Health Educ 6:467. doi:10.4172/2161-0711.1000467
Copyright: © 2016 Kapoor P, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Aim: This study aims to develop and pilot test an instrument to measure dental health literacy (DFLD: Determination of Functional Literacy in dentistry). Methodology: 320 patients attending a dental clinic were approached for the study with prior permission from concerned authorities. Each subject was administered the instrument DFLD along with Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (REALD-30) to measure oral health literacy. The subject’s oral health related quality of life was also assessed using Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14). Internal reliability for DFLD was checked using Cronbach’s alpha and its validity by correlating the final score with the scores of REALD- 30 and OHIP-14. Results: DFLD displayed good convergent and predictive validity when correlated with scores of REALD-30 and OHIP-14, respectively. Cronbach’s alpha value for instrument reliability was found to be 0.84. Conclusion: DFLD is an efficient instrument which can be used to assess health literacy in the dental arena
