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ArticleInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry2025

Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for Children: A Reliability Generalization Meta-analysis of Cronbach's Alpha.

Kalyana C Pentapati, Deepika Chenna, K S Vijay, Nanditha Kumar, Saurabh Kumar

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Article in International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kalyana C PentapatiDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5462-5677
Deepika ChennaDepartment of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
K S VijayDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Amrita School of Dentistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1516-1686
Nanditha KumarDepartment of Prosthodontics, JSS Dental College & Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5355-2840
Saurabh KumarDepartment of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8863-6147

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This review aimed to meta-analyze the Cronbach's α of the Scale of Oral Health Outcomes-5 (SOHO-5) questionnaire. Materials and methods: A systematic search of literature was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science, Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source (EBSCO), and CINAHL using the keywords "Scale of Oral Health Outcomes" OR "SOHO" AND "Child OR Children." Studies reported in English with Cronbach's α for the SOHO questionnaire were included. Screening was done by two trained experts independently. Information on descriptive metadata of the studies, country, sample size, age, sex distribution, target population, language of administration, conditions studied, study setting, study design, patient selection, and Cronbach's α of child and parent versions was collected. The "COSMIN" checklist for internal consistency reliability was used for quality assessment. Heterogeneity was assessed using Results: A total of 350 studies were available for the title and abstract screening, and only 34 studies were eligible for full-text screening, of which 12 studies were included for analysis. The overall estimates were 0.83 (95% CI = 0.79-0.86) and 0.85 (95% CI: 0.81-0.90; Conclusion: The SOHO questionnaire has good internal consistency and reliability and can be used in research and practice. How to cite this article: Pentapati KC, Chenna D, Vijay KS,

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