A new halitosis screening tool: halitosis finding score derivation and validation
| Autor: | Yavuz Uyar, Tolgar Lütfi Kumral, Belgin Tutar, Hüseyin Sari, Berk Gurpinar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Validation study Sulfur Compounds business.industry Sensation 030206 dentistry General Medicine Halitosis Patient Health Questionnaire 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breath Tests Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans Screening tool Medical physics business General Dentistry 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Acta odontologica Scandinavica. 80(1) |
| ISSN: | 1502-3850 |
| Popis: | The lack of a valid and appropriate halitosis screening survey prompted us to develop and validate a simple, 15-item questionnaire to be used as a screening tool to score halitosis for the daily practise.After calculating the sample size, 200 participants were included in the study. All participants filled a 15-item questionnaire with the subsequent measurements of halitosis through the organoleptic scoring system and a halimeter. The application of questionnaire and the halitosis measurements were repeated 15 days after the first control.Mann-Whitney'sA new halitosis-specific screening tool called Halfins was proven as a valid diagnostic tool for measuring halitosis in the present study. Nevertheless, we believe this questionnaire could be used as complementary tool for the diagnosis of halitosis, seeing as its use alone is not able to firmly conclude the presence of halitosis in all cases, an organoleptic test or VSC assessment would still be necessary. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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