Psychometric validation of instruments measuring emotional stress and self-esteem in a dental patient population.

Q2 Medicine

Medicine and Pharmacy Reports Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-07-30 DOI:10.15386/mpr-2976

Nelsi Carmina Turturica, Mindra E Badea, Vlad I Bocanet, Radu Chifor, Iulia C Badea

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Abstract

Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are becoming more popular in dental research for measuring various psychological aspects of patients' experiences. However, it is essential to validate these measures' properties based on the setting where they are applied. This study aims to validate the Romanian versions of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) for adult dental patients.

Methods: This is a prospective study for psychometric validation of PROMs for adult dental patients conducted at the Department of Preventive Dentistry, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Internal consistency, structural validity, and construct validity were assessed for these PROMs. Responsiveness was evaluated based on pre-post comparisons during routine dental visits.

Results: The RSES showed high internal consistency reliability for adult dental patients (α = 0.77-0.80), whereas K10 showed excellent internal consistency reliability (α = 0.91). Furthermore, it was found that psychological distress was related to affective pain but not sensory pain, whereas self-esteem was not related to any of these measures. Both instruments showed responsiveness across clinical time points.

Conclusions: The Romanian versions of K10 and RSES showed satisfactory psychometric properties for adult dental patients and could potentially be useful for psychosocial research in dentistry.

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牙科患者情绪压力和自尊测量工具的心理测量验证。

背景：患者报告结果测量（PROMs）在牙科研究中越来越流行，用于测量患者体验的各种心理方面。然而，根据应用这些度量的设置来验证这些度量的属性是很重要的。本研究旨在验证罗马尼亚版Kessler心理困扰量表（K10）和Rosenberg自尊量表（RSES）对成年牙科患者的影响。方法：对罗马尼亚克卢日纳波卡医科大学Iuliu Haţieganu预防牙科学系进行的成人牙科患者PROMs心理测量学验证进行前瞻性研究。评估了这些prom的内部一致性、结构效度和构念效度。响应性评估是基于常规牙科就诊前后的比较。结果：RSES对成人牙科患者具有较高的内部一致性信度（α = 0.77 ~ 0.80）， K10具有较好的内部一致性信度（α = 0.91）。此外，研究还发现，心理困扰与情感疼痛有关，而与感觉疼痛无关，而自尊与上述任何一项都无关。两种仪器均表现出跨临床时间点的反应性。结论：罗马尼亚版本的K10和RSES在成年牙科患者中表现出令人满意的心理测量特性，可能对牙科社会心理研究有用。

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