Journal article
Shortening the xerostomia inventory
WM Thomson, GJ Van Der Putten, C De Baat, K Ikebe, KI Matsuda, K Enoki, MS Hopcraft, GY Ling
Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology | Published : 2011
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the validity and properties of the Summated Xerostomia InventoryDutch Version in samples from Australia, The Netherlands, Japan, and New Zealand. Study design: Six cross-sectional samples of older people from The Netherlands (n = 50), Australia (n = 637; n = 245), Japan (n = 401), and New Zealand (n = 167; n = 86) were enrolled. Data were analyzed by using the Summated Xerostomia InventoryDutch Version. Results: All datasets revealed a single extracted factor which explained about one-half of the variance, with Cronbach alpha values <0.70. When mean scale scores were plotted against a "gold-standard" xerostomia question, statistically signif..
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Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Funding Acknowledgements
The New Zealand community study was supported by the Health Research Council of New Zealand. The South Australian Dental Longitudinal Study study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and by the United States National Institute of Dental Research (grant RO1-DEO9588). The Osaka study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (no. 19390496) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The Melbourne Study was funded by a Hazel Hawke Research Grant (Alzheimer's Australia) and Dental Health Services Victoria.