Can questionnaires replace clinical surveys to assess dental treatment needs of adults?

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-253

  Robinson, Peter G ^a   Nadanovsky, Paulo ^b   Sheiham, Aubrey ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Lay assessments; Normative dental treatment needs; Perceived dental treatment needs; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032082027     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb03002.x     Document Type: Review

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