Dental Psychometrics and a Re(de)fined Model for Oral Health in Old Age: Past, Present and Future of Subjective Oral Health Measurement and Modelling

This book embraces the work I carried on for a Doctor of Philosophy in Dental Sciences degree at Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia. It presents a systematic synthesis of the existing dental psychometric measures for oral health-related quality of life in old age, and appraises the validity of such measures in the light of their content and relevance, for example. It also reports on the use of written vignettes to prompt discussion of sensitive health topics among older adults gathered in focus groups. The groups were encouraged to evaluate and refine an existing model of oral health from their perspectives. As per the qualitative work, I pose my ideas around phenomenology, grounded theory and framework analysis. I conclude this book by discussing the implications and future directions of my work.

Mario Brondani, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1990-1994); Master of Science (MSc) in Gerontology from Pontificia Universidade Cat¿¿lica do Rio Grande do Sul - Instituto de Geriatria e Gerontologia (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2000-2002); Doctor of Philosophy degree in Dental Sciences from University of British Columbia (UBC) - Faculty of Dentistry (Vancouver, Canada, 2002-2007); Certificate Program on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from UBC - Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG). authorMacEntee, Michael I.Mario Brondani, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1990-1994); Master of Science (MSc) in Gerontology from Pontificia Universidade Cat¿¿lica do Rio Grande do Sul - Instituto de Geriatria e Gerontologia (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2000-2002); Doctor of Philosophy degree in Dental Sciences from University of British Columbia (UBC) - Faculty of Dentistry (Vancouver, Canada, 2002-2007); Certificate Program on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from UBC - Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG).