Cross‐cultural adaptation of Turkish version of Parental‐Caregiver Perceptions Questionnaire (P‐CPQ)

Abstract

Introduction: Parental-Caregiver Perceptions Questionnaire (P-CPQ) is one of the scales used for evaluating the quality of life of children. Dental caries is an important factor affecting oral health-related quality of life. It was aimed to translate into Turkish and evaluate the psychometric properties of the P-CPQ with the evaluation of dental caries status of 6-to 14-year-old children. Methods:Children-parent pairs attending to paediatric dental clinic were involved.After the translation and adaptation of the scale, the data were collected from the parents with the Turkish version of the P-CPQ and a short questionnaire, and then, the intra-oral examination of the children was performed by a paediatric dentist.Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS version 22.0 and SPSS AMOS 22.The significance level was 0.05. Confirmatory factor analysis for construct validity; and item analysis, item discrimination index and the Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient for reliability measurement were calculated. Discriminant validity was tested by comparing the median P-CPQ scores between children with caries experience and those without.Results: Totally, 312 children-parent pair (52.9% female) participants were involved.The mean age of participated children was 9.00 ± 1.89. P-CPQ score was calculated by summing the scores of all 31 items; the mean score of the parents was 18.8 ± 12.8. Cronbach's alpha for the total scale was 0.87 and ranged from 0.680-0.795 for four subscales. The relationship between total and subscales was found to be statistically significant. Confirmatory factor analysis, item analysis and item discriminant index were approved. Model fit values were admissible.Conclusions: Turkish version of P-CPQ was created, and it had good internal consistency reliability of subscales and found to be valid in 6-to 14-year-old children.

The Impact of Anemia-Related Early Childhood Caries on Parents’ and Children’s Quality of Life

“…The perceptions of parents of oral QoL could be associated with oral symptoms of their child, including the complaints of pain in the teeth and mouth, bad breath, and food caught between teeth. Hence, the results of questions which were answered prior to the P-CPQ showed greater agreement with the study of Gültekin et al [ 27 ]. When the parental relationship is evaluated within the subscale scores, fathers reported a more negative impact on the functional limitations of their child compared to mothers.…”

“…Moreover, the reports of parents/caregivers provide more comprehensive analysis of the child’s OHRQoL [ 28 ]. Hence, a strength of the current study was that it followed the Turkish version of the P-CPQ that was adapted cross-culturally, with a good internal consistency and reliability of subscales regarding parents [ 27 ]. The impact of anemia on OHRQoL was measured using the reliable and valid Turkish version of the ECOHIS questionnaire to expose the effects of anemia-related dental caries and to create a strategy for oral health improvement for children and their families [ 26 ].…”

“…For the ECOHIS, Cronbach’s alpha values were close to those of Turkish version of the ECOHIS (0.981, 0.859, 0.946 for child impact section, family impact, and total score, respectively) [ 26 ]. For the P-CPQ, Cronbach’s alpha estimation showed high internal consistency reliability and parallelism with the original Turkish version (0.932, 0.844, 0.853, 0.916, 0.941 for oral symptoms, functional well-being, emotional well-being, social well-being, and total score, respectively [ 27 ].…”

“…The current study was performed in two independent stages. In the first stage, the Turkish version of the ECOHIS was used, and in the second stage, the Turkish version of the P-CPQ was used to measure the effect of anemia-related dental caries among children and parents [ 26 , 27 ].…”