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Patient Management

372 - Evaluating Reproducibility of the Pediatric Oral Health Impact Profile Survey

Saturday, May 24, 2025
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM MDT
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    Presenting Author(s)

  • Daniel Bottner, DDS

    Resident
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    • Research Mentor(s)

  • MJ

    Mike John, PhD, DMD, MPH

    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    • Program Director(s)

  • Jeff Karp, D.M.D., M.S.

    Residency Program Director
    University of Minnesota
    School of Dentistry , University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Purpose: To evaluate baseline characteristics of an implemented Oral Health Quality of
Life (OHRQoL ) questionnaire completed by children in a pediatric dental clinic setting.

Methods: After IRB approval, a retrospective dental chart review evaluated a standardized 5-item questionnaire, Oral Health Impact Profile for School Children (OHIP-5SCHOOL) at the University of Minnesota pediatric dental clinic. Thirty-two English-speaking children aged 9-14 were given the initial survey at a new patient exam or recall (1st OHIP), then given the same survey (2nd OHIP) at a recommended follow-up appointment (sealants, orthodontic consults/adjustments, operative) within 3 months. The questions related to oral function, flavor, orofacial pain, appearance, and psychosocial impact. For each of the 5 questions, patients were asked how frequently they have experienced the impact in the last 7 days, and the answers were assigned a score from 1-5 (Never = 1, Very Often = 5).

Results: The mean follow-up time for the 2nd OHIP was 23 days. OHIP scores were consistently low, indicating a low OHRQoL burden. There was a high level of agreement when comparing answers. Intraclass correlation coefficient (95% confidence interval) illustrated moderate reliability in the correlation for the chewing domain (0.71) and the composite score (0.62). Inter-Item correlation showed that the answers for each domain did not correlate with each other, suggesting that the domains contribute to the overall OHIP assessment score independently.

Conclusions: The OHIP-5SCHOOL had low reproducibility in this cohort. The overall low OHRQoL burden (scores) may have contributed to this finding.