Linguistic adaptation and validation of the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) in an elderly Japanese population

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-275

  Naito, Mariko ^a   Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^b   Nakayama, Takeo ^c   Hamajima, Nobuyuki ^a   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; GOHAI; Japanese; Oral health; QOL; Validation study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTICS; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33845718578     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2006.tb04081.x     Document Type: Article

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