EVALUACIÓN DE LA REPRODUCIBILIDAD DE DOS ÍNDICES ORIENTADOS A ANALIZAR LA HIGIENE DE LA LENGUA

Objetive: To evaluate inter-rater reproducibility of two indices addressed at assessing tongue hygiene.Materials and Methods: A study about diagnostic technology evaluation was performed on a 100 subject sample who attended to dental clinics at Santo Tomas University. The modified Miyazaki’s index was ranked in the subjects in a qualitative and quantitative mode. For assessing the reproducibility levels, the Kappa Test and Spearman rank correlation were used.Results: The coefficient correlation was 0.70 ranked by Kappa statistics showing a good level of reproducibility. When analyzing the quantitative mode, Spearman rank inter-rater reproducibility level was0.83.Conclusion: The inter-rater reproducibility level obtained by Miyazaki’s modified index that allows for assessing the tongue hygiene in a qualitative and quantitative mode, showed it were good and consistent.

• Autores: Ballesteros G., Iara; Cobo C., Karen Ariadna; Navarro C., Johen Patricia; Concha S., Sonia Constanza
• Fecha de publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional USTA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/37068
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1197; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/37068
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 UstaSalud