Translation of english version of oral health impact profile-14 into Gujarati

Translation and validation of oral health impact profile‐14 questionnaire into Indian sign language for hearing‐impaired individuals

“…In this landmark research study, the content of the original version OHIP‐14 was preserved during the cross‐cultural adaptation process. The feature that makes this study unique from similar studies 8,24,25 on cross‐cultural adaptation of OHIP‑14 in other Indian languages is that the present study followed the recommendations of Beaton et al and Guillemin et al 11,12 …”

“…The oral health impact profile‐14 (OHIP‐14) 6 is regarded as the most comprehensive assessment for measuring OHRQoL and has been translated into several Indian languages 7–9 . Sign language is the primary means of communication for hearing‐impaired individuals.…”

Impact of dental caries and nutritional status on oral health related quality of life in young Indian adolescents

“…The index age group of 12 and 15 years are of interest as they are global monitoring ages for dental caries. 11 The prevalence of dental caries was 98.76% and mean DMFT score was 3.84. The prevalence for caries among 12 and 15 year old children in India has been reported to be 49% and 60% respectively and the mean DMFT score has been found to be 1.95 and 3.31 in 12 and 15 year old children respectively.…”

“… 10 Gujarati version of OHIP-14 has been proven to be valid, and reliable instrument in previous studies. 11 The Gujarati version was checked for cross cultural adaptation by a forward and back translation approach, where a bilingual expert translated the SOC into Gujarati from English. The reconciled Gujarati version was then back-translated by an English expert, not familiar with the original questionnaire.…”

Assessing perceptions of oral health related quality of life in dental implant patients. Experience of a tertiary care center in India

“…9 The OHIP 14 has also been translated and validated in the Indian national language Hindi and Gujarati language. [10][11][12] Studies exclusively pertaining to assessment of OHRQoL in patients treated with dental implants in various sub groups among the Indian population are being documented. The aim of this study was to assess the OHRQoL in patients who had received treatments with dental implants by using a validated and modified version of the OHIP 14 questionnaire through various modalities of sending the questionnaire to elicit response from the participants and to correlate the score with independent variables to help draw inference to gain better understanding of the overall success.…”