Establishing content validity of the oral assessment guide in children and young people
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Joanna Stone; Victoria S. Lucas; Faith Gibson; Sue Cole; Jenny Allison; Jamie Cargill; Joanna Begent
- Source
- European Journal of Cancer. 42:1817-1825
- Subject
- Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Judgement
Psychological intervention
MEDLINE
Antineoplastic Agents
Oral Health
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Oral assessment
Neoplasms
Surveys and Questionnaires
Severity of illness
Health care
medicine
Mucositis
Content validity
Humans
Child
Intensive care medicine
Stomatitis
Voice Disorders
business.industry
medicine.disease
Surgery
Oncology
Tooth Diseases
Deglutition Disorders
Mouth Diseases
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
There is a need for accurate and consistent oral assessment to measure mucosal changes and oral complications associated with cancer therapies. Mucositis is an important and common side effect of cancer therapies that merits the identification of improved health-care interventions. Developing appropriate and reliable oral assessment instruments for use with children is relevant to the evaluation of these interventions. The purpose of this study was to determine the content validity of the oral assessment guide (OAG) in children: an instrument that was designed to objectively assess the physiological changes of the oral cavity following administration of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to adults. This process is considered to be most effective when undertaken systematically. A judgement quantification process was used with health care professionals in paediatric oncology to establish content validity of items (n = 9) and instrument (n = 10). A revised OAG more pertinent to children and young people was produced in the light of this process.