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Validation of the Parental-Caregivers Perception Questionnaire (P- CPQ) in Croatia

Aim: To perform the Croatian translation and validation of the Parental-Caregivers Perceptions Questionnaire. Materials and Methods: Forward-backward translation of P-CPQ was made. The study included 233 participants (children aged 11-14 years ; 55% female) and their parents (84% mothers) recruited at the Clinic of dental medicine of the Clinical hospital center Rijeka and Zagreb. The Child Perception Questionnaire (CPQ) and P-CPQ were self- administrated. Malocclusion severity was assessed using the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need Dental Health Component (IOTN DHC). Factor analysis, Pearson correlation and t-test were used in the statistical analysis. Results: Factor analysis of the P-CPQ indicated mixing of the Emotional Well-being (EW) and Social Well-being (SW) dimensions as well as the Oral Symptoms (OS) and Functional Limitations (FL) dimensions. The two-factor structure is more appropriate than the four-factor structure, explaining 43.3% of variability. EW+SW grouped together account for 25.2% of the variance, while OS+FL 18%. Internal consistency is better for EW+SW (Cronbach α=0.926 ; inter- item correlation r=0.438) than for OS+FL (α=0.833 ; r=0.283). OS+FL measures mainly alteration of oral health and treatment need (r=0.341 and 0.267 ; p<0.001) while SW+EW measures mainly well- being and satisfaction with appearance (r=0.256 and −0.339 ; p<0.001). The correlation between child and parental assessment was statistically significant but weak for both EW+SW and OS+FL (r=0.482 and 0.432 ; p<0.001). Instrument is able to detect differences between subjects with low and high caries severity and malocclusion severity. Conclusion: P-CPQ is adequate for use in Croatia, but the two- dimensional structure is better than the original four-dimensional structure.

Child ; Oral health ; Quality of life ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Validation study

Druga nagrada za prezentirano istraživanje. Potpora Sveučilišta J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Fakultet za dentalnu medicinu i zdravstvo za projekt "Uloga obitelji u dentalnoj terapiji djece i adolescenata" (IP9- 2019)