Validation of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) in the Malay language

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Othman, Wan Nasir W ^a,b   Muttalib, Khairiyah A ^b   Bakri, Rugayah ^b   Doss, Jennifer G ^c   Jaafar, Nasruddin ^c   Salleh, Natifah C ^b   Chen, Sharon ^b  

^a Oral Health Division   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Elderly; GOHAI; Oral health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 33749069064     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2006.tb02580.x     Document Type: Article

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