Journal article
Dual institution validation of an ageism scale for dental students
Special Care in Dentistry, Vol.39(1), pp.28-33
01/01/2019
DOI: 10.1111/scd.12341
PMID: 30427556
Abstract
Purpose/aim: Ageism negatively affects health care. This paper presents an extended validation of a novel scale assessing ageism among dental students.
Method and materials: A previously pilot‐tested 27‐question scale applied to a larger sample (n = 315) from two U.S. dental schools with Principal Component Analysis used to assess internal structure of the measure. Questions whose deletion increased the overall α loading on >1 factor or those unexpectedly grouped in another factor were thoroughly examined.
Results: The scale resulted in five statements (grouped in two factors), which explained 63% of the overall variance with a substantially higher reliability value than other solutions (0.76). Two factors highly correlated were grouped together in a single scale. The five statements are “Elderly people do not take good care of their teeth” (0.62), “Elderly patients do not usually comply with dental advice” (0.93), “The Elderly patient does not live long enough to make it worthwhile to invest time and effort in complex dental treatment” (0.81), “The elderly patient does not live long enough to make it worthwhile to invest money in expensive dental treatment” (0.95), and “Dental treatment of elderly patients is too time‐consuming” (0.57).
Conclusions: Five items achieved high reliability toward the validity of this scale.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Dual institution validation of an ageism scale for dental students
- Creators
- Ryan Rucker - University of IowaPatrick B Barlow - University of Iowa, Internal MedicineJennifer Hartshorn - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community DentistryLaura KaufmanBecky SmithAnastasia KossioniLeonardo Marchini - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Special Care in Dentistry, Vol.39(1), pp.28-33
- DOI
- 10.1111/scd.12341
- PMID
- 30427556
- NLM abbreviation
- Spec Care Dentist
- ISSN
- 0275-1879
- eISSN
- 1754-4505
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Chicago
- Grant note
- This study was generously supported by The Richard L. and Nancy M. Christiansen Professorship in International Oral Health Education and Research (University of Iowa, College of Dentistry); and the first author (RR) received a University of Iowa Dental Research Grant.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Center for Social Science Innovation; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education
- Record Identifier
- 9983763592702771
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