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Validation of the Family Impact Scale (FIS) in Croatia

Introduction: FIS is an instrument developed to determine the impact of children’s orofacial conditions on the family. Objective: To perform the Croatian translation and validation of the FIS. Materials and Methods: Forward-backward translation of FIS was made. The study included 233 participants (11-14 years ; 55% female) and their parents (84% mothers) recruited at the University Dental Clinics Rijeka and Zagreb. The Child Perception Questionnaire (CPQ), Parenter/Caregiver Perception Questionnaire (P/CPQ) and FIS 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 FIS indicated mixing all four dimensions, accounting for 57.6% of variability. Internal consistency is better for one-dimensional instrument (Cronbach α=0.81 ; inter- item correlation r=0.24) than for Parental Activity (PA) (α=0.72 ; r=0.34), Parental Emotions (PE) (α=0.66 ; r=0.32) and Family Conflicts (FC) (α=0.60 ; r=0.29). Deleting an item felt uncomfortable in public places in PE would increase the internal consistency from 0.66 to 0.70. One-dimensional instrument correlates better with children's and parents' perception of impaired quality of life than four- dimensional (r = 0.38-0.78 vs r = 0.33-0.68 ; p <0.001). PE is the dimension that best correlates with a parent's health evaluation and the satisfaction with child's smile appearance (r=-0.36-0.29 ; p<0.001), while Finantial Burden (FB) correlates worst. One- dimensional FIS, PA and PE dimensions manage to discriminate people with lower and higher levels of malocclusion (IOTN DHC limiter ≥3 ; p≤0.001). Conclusion: FIS is appropriate for use in Croatia.

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

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