Journal article
Ageism scale for dental students (ASDS): A focus group review of content validity
Special care in dentistry, Vol.44(4), pp.1135-1145
07/17/2024
DOI: 10.1111/scd.12960
PMID: 38217073
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Abstract
Improve content validity of the Ageism Scale for Dental Students (ASDS) and identify barriers to using the scale.
Thematic analysis of transcripts of three purposively sampled focus groups of 1) geriatric dentistry specialists, 2) older adult dental patients, and 3) dental students.
Twenty-five participants engaged in focus groups. No new concepts to define ageism were identified. Experts found the scale acceptable and appropriate, yet they raised specific potential revisions to scale questions. Commonly reported themes already addressed by ASDS included the importance of tailoring decision-making to patient preference and not making assumptions about older adults' capacity or preferences for dental care. Barriers to identifying ageism or using the scale included experiential differences in interpreting scale items, cultural differences in attitudes towards older adults, and potential overlap with social determinants of health. Secondary findings include recommendations for older-adult focused training for dental students to provide positive, concrete guidance on caring for older adults.
There are opportunities to refine the Ageism Scale for Dental Students and to allow tailoring of the scale for specific national or cultural contexts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Ageism scale for dental students (ASDS): A focus group review of content validity
- Creators
- Kendall Elliott - University of Wisconsin–MadisonKimberly C Dukes - Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAPatrick B Barlow - University of IowaAnastassia Kossioni - National and Kapodistrian University of AthensLeonardo Marchini - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Special care in dentistry, Vol.44(4), pp.1135-1145
- DOI
- 10.1111/scd.12960
- PMID
- 38217073
- NLM abbreviation
- Spec Care Dentist
- eISSN
- 1754-4505
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Grant note
- Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 01/12/2024
- Date published
- 07/17/2024
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; ICTS; Center for Social Science Innovation; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education; General Internal Medicine; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984544957602771
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