Reliability and validity of the Dental Satisfaction Questionnaire in a population of 23-year-olds in Norway

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Skaret, Erik ^a,b   Berg, Einar ^a   Raadal, Magne ^a   Kvale, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Faculty of Odontology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dental Satisfaction Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORWAY; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH PAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHACHE; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 1442309049     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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