Dual institution validation of an ageism scale for dental students

Rucker, Ryan; Barlow, Patrick B.; Hartshorn, Jennifer; Kaufman, Laura; Smith, Becky; Kossioni, Anastasia; Marchini, Leonardo

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“…The 12‐item ASDS‐Braz scale revealed three components encompassing items associated with a negative view of older patients (Component 1‐6 items), items dealing with the complexity of providing care for older adults (Component 2‐3 items), and items associated with a positive view of older adults (Component 3‐3 items). Interestingly, when comparing the Brazilian version with the original scale that resulted from the extended validation in the United States, which has five items within two components, only three questions were common. The common items were as follows: “Q13: Elderly people do not take good care of their teeth”, “Q14: Elderly patients do not usually comply with dental advice”, and “Q17: The elderly patient does not live long enough to make it worthwhile to invest money in expensive dental treatment”.…”

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“…The preliminary analysis presented here is the first attempt to validate a recently developed ageism scale that is tailored to dental professionals in a Brazilian context, and the results were promising for further investigation.…”

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“…The American sample also showed a difference between male and female students, with females scoring lower than males. The Brazilian sample did not reveal any gender differences, but a weak correlation with age was identified in contrast with the American sample, where no age differences were found. These differences were small and should be interpreted cautiously since this preliminary Brazilian sample was limited in size and aimed at providing initial guidance for a future confirmatory study with an expanded sample.…”

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“… The Brazilian sample did not reveal any gender differences, but a weak correlation with age was identified in contrast with the American sample, where no age differences were found. These differences were small and should be interpreted cautiously since this preliminary Brazilian sample was limited in size and aimed at providing initial guidance for a future confirmatory study with an expanded sample. Furthermore, students from just one dental school responded to the survey, and therefore final conclusions cannot be drawn about the validity of the scale in Brazil.…”

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Translation and preliminary validation of an ageism scale for dental students in Brazil (ASDS‐Braz)

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Background and Objective Ageism is a major barrier for age‐appropriate care. The aim of this study was to translate and perform a preliminary validation of an ageism scale for dental students (ASDS) in Brazil (ASDS‐Braz). Methods The 27‐item original ageism scale was translated from English into Brazilian Portuguese. A panel of five Brazilian dental educators revised the scale to establish content validity. The translated version was completed by 156 dental students in the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil. Principal component analysis, internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity were estimated. Results All items in the Brazilian Portuguese version received a content validity index score ≥0.80 indicating that they were relevant to the topic. The principal component analysis produced a 12‐item scale with three components that accounted for 51% of the overall variance. The first component contained six items associated with a negative view of older adults; the second component contained three items dealing with the complexity of providing care for older adults; and the third component contained three items associated with a positive view of older people. Discriminant validity did not show any differences related to demographic factors, the semester of studies and history of living with older people. Conclusions The preliminary validation of the ASDS‐Braz produced a 12‐item scale with three components with acceptable validity and reliability. Future research in a larger, multi‐institutional sample is now warranted.

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“…Therefore, a new ageism scale for dental students (ASDS) has been recently developed by American and European Gerodontology teaching experts . This novel scale had 27 items and was preliminarily validated in one and later in two U.S. dental schools . The dual validation produced a 5‐item scale that achieved high reliability towards validity.…”

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Translation and validation of the Greek version of an ageism scale for dental students (ASDS_Gr)

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Objectives To describe the validation of a new 27‐item ageism scale for dental students in Greece. Background A new ageism scale for dental students has been developed by American and European Gerodontology educators and was preliminary validated in the United States. Methods The scale was translated into Greek and administered to 8th‐ and 10th‐semester dental students in Athens. Principal components analysis was used to explore the internal structure of the measure; internal consistency reliability was assessed using Cronbach's α coefficient; corrected item‐total correlations were calculated to decide which low contributing items should be removed from the scale; and discriminant validity was tested investigating variation in relation to demographic and educational factors. Results A total of 152 students responded to the questionnaire. The Principal component analysis offered a 15‐item scale distributed into four factors that accounted for 56.4%, of the total variance, produced stronger factor loadings, a comparable amount of overall component variance and logical sets of components. The four factors produced were values/ethics about older people (four items, α = 0.71), patient compliance (four items, α = 0.72), barriers to dental care (four items, α = 0.57) and dentist‐older patient interaction (three items, α = 0.64). Discriminant validity revealed statistically significant differences in factors and items related to semester of studies, gender and family's permanent residence. Conclusion The preliminary validation of the Greek version of the ageing scale for dental students revealed a 15‐item questionnaire that demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability and could be further tested in larger samples.

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Oral Care in Long-Term Care Settings

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2022

Oral Health and Aging

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Dual institution validation of an ageism scale for dental students

Cited by 26 publications

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Translation and preliminary validation of an ageism scale for dental students in Brazil (ASDS‐Braz)

Translation and preliminary validation of an ageism scale for dental students in Brazil (ASDS‐Braz)

Translation and validation of the Greek version of an ageism scale for dental students (ASDS_Gr)

Oral Care in Long-Term Care Settings

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