Adaptation and Validation of The Moroccan Arabic Version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS)
Journal Title: International Journal of Dentistry Research - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the ECOHIS native English version into Moroccan Arabic, and to assess the psychometric characteristics of the version thereby obtained. Methods: The ECOHIS original English version was sequentially subjected to translation into Moroccan Arabic, back-translation into English, committee review, and pre- testing in 30 children seeking dental treatment. The final Moroccan Arabic version further underwent an analysis of psychometric properties on a random sample of 130 child subjects. Results: The reproducibility was estimated by two administrations of the questionnaire separated by a period of 4 weeks, to a group of 30 parents working in the dental treatment center of Casablanca with an excellent reproducibility (r = 0.78). The internal consistency demonstrates the reliability of the questionnaire with α Cronbach’s coefficient of 0.80. Conclusion: These psychometric properties make the Moroccan Arabic version of ECOHIS useful to assess Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in children between zero and five years of age and their families in Morocco.
Authors and Affiliations
Farid Bourzgui, Sarah Saif, Zineb Serhier, Samir Diouny, Mohamed Bennani Othmani
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