Validity of questionnaire for evaluation conduct as to white oral lesions

Abstract

The aim of this study was to validate a questionnaire to study the dentists’ conduct on the units of primary care of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, when facing white oral lesions. The instrument has 34 questions covering professionals’ socioeconomic factors, knowledge, conduct and health services’ structure. This was validated by test-retest methodology and was submitted to Kappa statistical test.
The present questionnaire showed reliability and reproductibility due to statistical significant accordance among every question.