Table 1 Summarized characteristics of instruments designed or validated for old adults, in alphabetical order
Instrument | Country of development | Purpose of development (type of instrument) | Administration mode | Dimensions (no. of items) | Response options | Score (range) | Original and adopted languages | Number of studies evaluated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DSQ | NI | Edentulous patient (Specific) | Self-administered | General satisfaction, retention, comfort, stability, appearance, ability to speak, and occlusion (12) | Likert-scale | NI | Maltese | 1 |
EORTC QLQ-OH15 | 10 countries: France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, UK | Oral health in cancer patients (Specific) | Interview administered | OH-QoL scale (8), 3 single items (sticky saliva/mouth soreness/ sensitivity to food/drink), 2 two-item contingency scales regarding use (yes/no) and problems with dentures and reception of (yes/no) and satisfaction with information | 4-point Likert scale | Global score (0–100) | Dutch English French German Greek Hebrew Norwegian Polish Sinhalese Swedish | 3 |
GOHAI | United States | Oral Health (Generic) | Self-administered | Physical function (4); Psychosocial function (5); pain or discomfort (3) | 5-point Likert scale | Global score (12 to 60) | English Arabic Chinese Dutch German Greek Hindi Japanese Lebanese Malay Maltese Mexican Mandarin Chinese Nepalese Persian Portuguese Serbian Swedish Turkish Urdu | 33 |
IPQ-RDE | US | Oral Health (Generic) | Interview administered | Identity (2); Timeline (5); Consequences (6); Control (6); Illness coherence (2); Treatment burden (5), Prioritization (3); Causal relationship (3); Activity restriction (3); Emotional representation (5) | 5-points Likert scale | NI | English | 1 |
LORQ | England | Head and neck cancer (Specific) | Self-administered | Oral function (12) denture satisfaction (13) | 4-point Likert-scale | Global score (25 to 100) | English | 2 |
OIDP | Thailand | Oral health (Generic) | Self-administered | Eating and enjoying food (1) Speaking and pronouncing clearly (1); Cleaning teeth (1); Sleeping and relaxing (1); Smiling, laughing and showing teeth without embarrassment (1); Maintain usual emotional state without being irritable (1); Carrying out major work or social role (1); Enjoying contact with people (1) | Frequency Score (0–5); Severity score (0–5) | Global Score (0 to 200) | Thai English Greek Japanese Mangalese Portuguese | 10 |
OHAI | Sweden | Oral Health (Generic) | Interview administered | Background, social context (8) (Part I); Dental care and xerostomia (10) (Part I); Clinical examination (6) (Part II); Observation ADL (8) (Part III) | Qualitative evaluation (Parts I and II); Observational ADL part (part III) three response alternatives | Global Score Observational ADL part (11 to 33) | Sweden | 1 |
OHIDL | Hong Kong | Oral health (Generic) | Semi-structured interviews administered | Part I: checklist of oral health problems and symptoms; Part II: Cleasing (1) Eating (6) Speaking (1) Appearance (2) Social (2) Psychological (2) Health (2) Finance (1): Part III: five global questions | Part II: 5-point Likert Scale | NI | Chinese | 3 |
OHIP | United States | Oral health (Generic) | Self-administered | Functional limitation (9), Physical pain/discomfort (9), Psychological discomfort (5); Physical disability (9); Psychological disability (6); Social disability (5), Handicap (6) | 5-point Likert scale | Global score (0 to 245) | English Albanian Arabic Australian Chinese Croatian Czech German Greek Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Lebanese Maltese Mexican Nepalese Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Serbian Sinhalese Spanish Swedish | 44 |
OHQoL-UK-W | United Kingdon | Oral health (Generic) | Interview administered | Physical aspects (6) Social aspects (5) Psychological aspects (5) | Scale from 1 to 9 | Global score (16 to 144) | English | 1 |
OHRQL | United States | Oral health (Generic) | Self-administered | Symptom status: Pain (6); Dry mouth symptom (3). Function status: Eating/Chewing Function (3); Speech function (3); Social function (4); Psychological function (5). Health perceptions: Oral health perception (2) | 5-point Likert-scale | NI | English | 1 |
PQL | Spain | Total or partial removable prostheses (Specific) | Self-administered | Prosthetic fit (1), Chewing (1), Foreign body (1), Aesthetics (1), Communication (1), Realism of prosthesis (1), Unnoticeability (1), Hygiene (1), Food impaction (1), Functional comfort (1), Self-confidence (1) | 5-point Likert-scale | Global score (11 to 55) | Spanish | 1 |
QoLDAS-9 | Spain | Dental aesthetics - prosthetically restored patients (Specific) | Self-administered | Psychofacial aesthetic (3) Interactive aesthetic (3) Socio-dental aesthetic (3) | Likert scale: −2 to + 2 | - Global score (−18 to + 18) | Spanish | 1 |
QoLIP-10 | Spain | Patients wearing implant overdentures and hybrid prostheses (Specific) | Self-administered | Biopsychosocial dimension (5) Dental–facial aesthetics dimension (3) Performance dimension (2) | Likert scale: −2 to + 2 | Global score (− 20 to + 20) | Spanish | 2 |