Validation of the "obturator functioning scale" for Chinese-speaking patients with obturator prostheses after cancer-related maxillectomy

• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31071
• Publication Date: 2024-05-11T06:12:03Z
• Authors: Jian-Wei Shang; Yuan-Yuan Tian; Zhao-Yuan Xu; Xiao-Ming Liu; Ye Cao; Lei Sui; Chi Mao; Yong-Sheng Zhou; Chen-Lu Liu; Hong-Qiang Ye; Ying-Bin Yan
• Keywords: Exploratory factor analysis; Discriminant validity

The Obturator Functioning Scale (OFS) is a scale without formal measures of validity in any language. This study aimed to translate and adapt the OFS from English Chinese check its reliability Chinese-speaking patients with obturator prostheses after cancer-related maxillectomy.