Diagnostic Precision: Validating the Oral Disease Recognition Scale.

IF 2.9 3区医学 Q1 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Oral diseases Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI:10.1111/odi.70064

Kamran Ali, Daniel Zahra, Mahdi Mutahar, Muhammad Ali Malik, Mahwish Raja

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Abstract

Objective: To develop and validate a scale to assess the ability of dentists to recognize the clinical presentation of oral disease encompassing a range of benign, potentially malignant, and malignant conditions.

Methods: The research employed a cross-sectional online survey methodology. Following ethical approval, a scale was developed by the research team and consisted of seven patient cases encompassing a range of benign, premalignant, and malignant oral conditions. The scale was pretested, and the external validity of the scale was evaluated.

Results: Responses were received from a total of 254 participant. Interrogation of case performance data overall and by respondent subgroups, as well as consideration of response profiles, item analysis characteristics, reliability, and exploratory factor analysis support the existence of a single underlying construct that is measured consistently by the seven cases across respondent groups.

Conclusions: This study developed and validated a scale to evaluate the abilities of dentists and oral health care professionals to recognize oral benign, premalignant, and malignant disorders. The scale may serve as a useful tool to assess clinicians' ability to recognize oral cancer and identify potential cognitive biases in their diagnostic approach.

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诊断精度：验证口腔疾病识别量表。

目的：开发和验证一个量表，以评估牙医识别口腔疾病的临床表现，包括一系列良性，潜在恶性和恶性疾病的能力。方法：本研究采用横断面在线调查方法。在伦理批准后，研究小组制定了一份量表，由7名患者组成，包括一系列良性、癌前和恶性口腔疾病。对量表进行预测，并评估量表的外部效度。结果：共收到254名参与者的回复。对总体和被调查者子组的案例表现数据的询问，以及对反应概况、项目分析特征、可靠性和探索性因素分析的考虑，支持了一个单一的潜在结构的存在，该结构由七个被调查者组的案例一致地测量。结论：本研究开发并验证了一个评估牙医和口腔卫生保健专业人员识别口腔良性、癌前病变和恶性疾病能力的量表。该量表可以作为一个有用的工具来评估临床医生识别口腔癌的能力，并在他们的诊断方法中识别潜在的认知偏差。

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Oral diseases 医学-牙科与口腔外科

CiteScore

7.60

自引率

5.30%

发文量

325

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Oral Diseases is a multidisciplinary and international journal with a focus on head and neck disorders, edited by leaders in the field, Professor Giovanni Lodi (Editor-in-Chief, Milan, Italy), Professor Stefano Petti (Deputy Editor, Rome, Italy) and Associate Professor Gulshan Sunavala-Dossabhoy (Deputy Editor, Shreveport, LA, USA). The journal is pre-eminent in oral medicine. Oral Diseases specifically strives to link often-isolated areas of dentistry and medicine through broad-based scholarship that includes well-designed and controlled clinical research, analytical epidemiology, and the translation of basic science in pre-clinical studies. The journal typically publishes articles relevant to many related medical specialties including especially dermatology, gastroenterology, hematology, immunology, infectious diseases, neuropsychiatry, oncology and otolaryngology. The essential requirement is that all submitted research is hypothesis-driven, with significant positive and negative results both welcomed. Equal publication emphasis is placed on etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.