Table 1 Summary of Consultation Focus Groups: comments on draft questionnaire
From: Developing a new self-reported scale of oral health outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5)
Questionnaire characteristics | Comments |
|---|---|
Content | “Appropriate questions” |
“All main issues covered” | |
Length | “o.k.” |
Concept of time | “They have no concept of time at all” |
“… they don’t know what 7 days is. Maybe a calendar type thing, like Easter, may be useful” | |
“..no comprehension of 4 weeks” | |
Language/vocabulary | “We don’t use the word “pain” or “ache”. I would say either “hurt” or “sore” instead” |
“My children don’t take “hot drinks”. Milk is warm but never hot” | |
Prompts/cards | “The smiley faces is a good system. They also use them in the nursery. Simpler faces are ok; 5 faces may be too much for a 5-year-old” |
“Need to remind them it is about their teeth” |