Shanghai Journal of Stomatology ›› 2019, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 293-296.doi: 10.19439/j.sjos.2019.03.014

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Design and application of an oral health self-efficacy scale for patients with dental implants

NIE Rong-bing, TANG Jun, WANG Yu-hua, DU Ying   

  1. Department of Prosthodontics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology. Shanghai 200011, China
  • Received:2019-02-11 Revised:2019-03-22 Online:2019-06-25 Published:2019-08-09

Abstract: PURPOSE: To design an oral health self-efficacy scale for patients with dental implants and to evaluate their reliability and validity. Methods: Based on literature review, we designed and developed a self-efficacy energy table that met the characteristics of implant patients. The scale consisted of 16 items which were divided into 3 dimensions, including self-efficacy of dental implant surgery, self-efficacy of postoperative supportive care, and self-efficacy of oral hygiene habits. The reliability and validity of the scale were evaluated by factor analysis in 102 outpatients with dental implants using SPSS 13.3 software package. Results: A total of 4 common factors were extracted from the scale, and the cumulative contribution rate was 75.35%. The overall Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.910, and the retest correlation coefficient was 0.882, which belonged to high-signal scale. Conclusions: The oral health self-efficacy energy scale for implant patients with independent design has high reliability and validity. It can provide targeted guidance for oral health education for implant patients and improve the success rate of implant surgery.

Key words: Dental implant, Self efficacy, Scale, Reliability, Validity

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