Determining the minimally important difference for the Oral Health Impact Profile-20

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-134

  Allen, P Finbarr ^a   O'Sullivan, Maeve ^a   Locker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oral health related quality of life; Partial dentures; Responsiveness, minimally important difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549106558     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2009.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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