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Table 4 Methodological quality of the measurement property “validity” by the COSMIN and quality criteria of the measurement properties per assessment

From: Measurement properties of oral health assessments for non-dental healthcare professionals in older people: a systematic review

Assessment

Study

Validity

Content validity

Cross-cultural validity

Criterion Validity

M

Q

M

Q

M

Q

ROAG

Andersson et al. (2002b) [25]

Poor

N.A.

    

Hanne et al. (2012) [30]

  

Poor

N.A.

  

Paulsson et al. (2008) [36]

    

Poor

N.A.

Ribeiro et al. (2014) [37]

  

Fair

?

Gooda

?

(Sens: 0.17-0.80)

(Spec: 0.69-0.98)

OHAT

Chalmers et al. (2005) [17]

Poor

N.A.

  

Poor

N.A.

THROAT

Dickinson et al. (2001) [19]

Poor

N.A.

    

DHR

Fjeld et al. (2017) [29]

Poor

N.A.

  

Fair

+

(r(s) = 0.78)

BOHSE

Kayser-Jones et al. (1995) [33]

Poor

N.A.

    

Lin et al. (1999) [34]

    

Gooda

-

(r: 0.351-0.578)

  1. M = Assessment of methodological quality: “excellent”, “good”, “fair”, “poor”’ by COSMIN. Q = criteria for measurement properties; + = positive rating;? = indeterminate rating; − = negative rating.
  2. aFor criterion validity, a non-dental healthcare professional was the index-rater, a dentist was used as reference-rater
  3. N.A. Not applicable was reported for the quality criteria when an article had poor methodological quality.