Oral Health: Validation of a questionnaire of self-perceptionand self-care habits in Diabetes Mellitus 2, hypertensive andobese patients. The UISESS-B scale

Objectives: To develop and to evaluate a questionnaire of self-perception and self-care habits on oral health on afirst level population.Methods: A descriptive, observational study was performed to validate a questionnaire on oral health self-perception(UISESS-B). After non-probabilistic sampling, 94 users, 30-59 years of age, with either diabetes mellitus 2,hypertension or obesity were included. Duration of disease was lesser than 10 years. Pearson’s r, Cornbach’s á,factorial analysis, chi-square and Snedecor’s F tests were employed.Results: A Pearson’s r of 0.7 and Cronbach’s á of 0.82 was observed on the pre-post values of the global question-naire. In the factorial analysis, the variance explained more than 60% for a first factor. A punctuation of very highrisk for the three groups with the scale UISESSS-B that coincides with the index CPO-D and the index UISESS-Fwas observed.Conclusions: The UISESS-B scale shows significant validity and reliability, sugg esting its use as a sensitive instrumentfor the measurement of oral health in people with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension andobesity (AU)

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