Volume : X, Issue : II, February - 2020

Sports–related Dental trauma and mouthguard use (SDTM) questionnaire in Kannada: A cross–cultural validation study.

Dr. Dj Veeresh, Dr. Varghese Suresh

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Background: There was no validated instrument to measure the knowledge attitude and practice towards traumatic dental injuries among sports personals. It is a great challenge to come up with a questionnaire that is psychometrically sound and is efficient and effective for use in research. Aim: To content validate the Sports related Dental Trauma and Mouthguard use (SDTM) Questionnaire for sports personal. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire for assessing the SDTM Questionnaire for sports personal consisting of 19 close ended questions was prepared and translated to the Kannada language. Content validity ratio was checked after distributing to a panel of five subject matter experts (SME’s). SME had scored the items of the questionnaire according to relevance, clarity, simplicity, and ambiguity. The questionnaire was modified according to the inputs of experts and reevaluated. Results: The content validity values based on the relevance, clarity, simplicity, and ambiguity were 0.89, 0.96, 0.96 and 0.98 respectively for the translated and modified Sports related Dental Trauma and Mouthguard use (SDTM) Questionnaire in Kannada questionnaire. Overall, CVI score was 0.947 which is a good agreement. Conclusion: SDTM questionnaire can be utilized in future by the researchers for assessing the Sports related Dental Trauma and Mouthguard use

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SPORTS-RELATED DENTAL TRAUMA AND MOUTHGUARD USE (SDTM) QUESTIONNAIRE IN KANNADA: A CROSS-CULTURAL VALIDATION STUDY., Dr. DJ Veeresh, Dr. Varghese Suresh INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-2 | February-2020

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