The Lithuanian version of the CPQ 11–14 (with a modified item that identifies location of oral pain) appears to be a valid instrument to be used in further studies for measuring OHRQoL among 11 to 14 year old children in Lithuania. A significant association between child and parental responses was found (intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.56 and 0.43, correspondingly in domains of oral symptoms and functional limitations). Excellent or acceptable levels of indices of model fitting with the given data were obtained for oral symptoms, functional limitations and emotional well-being domains, but not for the social well-being domain. Factor analysis revealed a complex structure with two or three factors in each of four domains of the CPQ 11–14. Discriminant validity of the instrument was approved by comparison of children’s groups defined by self-reported caries experience and malocclusion. The measure showed significant associations with perceived oral health status and oral well-being, as well as with global life satisfaction ( p < 0.01). The modified Lithuanian version of CPQ 11–14 revealed good internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha for the total scale was 0.88). The questionnaire was also tested by comparison students’ and their parents’ ( N = 255) responses about oral symptoms and functional limitations. Standard tests (Cronbach’s α, construct validity and discriminant validity), supplemented with both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, were employed for psychometric evaluation of the instrument. In addition, an item on the oral pain was modified identifying the pain location. The questionnaire was translated into Lithuanian using translation guidelines.
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An anonymous questionnaire included the full CPQ 11–14 and items on global life satisfaction, oral health and oral life quality self-rating. MethodsĪ cross-sectional survey among a randomly selected sample of schoolchildren ( N = 307) aged 11 to14 was conducted. Therefore, this study aimed to validate a Lithuanian version of the full (37 items) Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ 11–14) within a random sample of children aged 11 to 14. Oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) research among children and adolescents in Lithuania is just starting and no measures have been validated to date.