Development and validation of the Italian version of the ‘Parental Perceptions of Silver Diamine Fluoride Dental Color Changes’ questionnaire

• DOI: 10.1111/ipd.12841
• Publication Date: 2021-05-12T14:51:06Z
• Authors: Simone Bagattoni; Lisa Lardani; Maria Chiara Capp...; Maria Rosaria Gatto; Marco Montevecchi; Gabriela Piana
• Keywords: Parents; acceptance; perception; silver diamine fluoride; validity; acceptance; perception; silver diamine fluoride; validity; Child; Fluorides, Topical; Humans; Italy; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; Reproducibility of Results; Silver Compounds; Parents; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tooth Discoloration; Translations; 4. Education; Reproducibility of Results; Silver Compounds; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Italy; Surveys and Questionnaires; Humans; Tooth Discoloration; Fluorides, Topical; Translations; Child

AbstractBackgroundThe original English version of the questionnaire ‘Parental Perceptions of SDF Dental Color Changes’ was used among parents in the New York City metropolitan area.AimTo develop an Italian version of the questionnaire and to assess its validity.DesignThe construct validity and the internal consistency were assessed in a convenience sample of Italian parents of 251 young healthy children seen at the University of Bologna and Pisa. Forward‐backward technique was carried out for the translation of the questionnaire. Kaiser‐Meyer‐Olkin measure of sampling adequacy was equal to 0.91, and Bartlett's test of sphericity was statistically significant (P = .001), so the items were treated with the exploratory principal component analysis (PCA).ResultsCronbach's alpha ranged from 0.69 to 0.95. PCA demonstrates that all the items load on the first component (87% of explained variance). All the Spearman correlation coefficients between each subscale (positive scenario: 0.563; negative scenario: 0.665) and the general acceptability showed significant correlation (P = .0001). Different age, educational level, and family income of the parents did not produce statistically significant different scores on any of the subscales (P > .05; Mann‐Whitney test).ConclusionThe Italian version of the questionnaire showed high internal consistency and construct validity and was appropriate to be used in an Italian population.