Validación de la encuesta sobre preferencias clínicas de diseños y materiales para la rehabilitación de implantes unitarios : encuesta dirigida a Odontólogos del Ecuador.

Abstract

Introduction: The validation of a questionnaire translation ensures that the translated version of a text is similar in meaning and context to the original version. Being a fundamental process to guarantee the precision and fidelity of the message in the target language, where accuracy and consistency are critical for the understanding of the content. Likewise, the pilot testing of a questionnaire evaluates and refines its design and functionality prior to fullscale implementation. Detecting possible problems, ambiguities in the questions of the questionnaire. Objective: To validate the questionnaire on "Clinical preferences of designs and materials for the rehabilitation of singletooth implants: Survey directed to dentists in Ecuador". Materials and methods: 46 dentists distributed in 5 provinces of Ecuador participated in a period of time from October 2023 to January 2024. A comparative questionnaire was elaborated in "Googleforms" where 2 measures of comparison were used to evaluate the success of the translation process: comparability of the language and similarity of interpretability. Subsequently, a pilot study will be carried out with the previously translated questionnaire. Results: The Cronbach's coefficient is 0.83 affirming that the items are sufficiently consistent indicating that the questionnaire is reliable. Conclusion: The translated questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool for measuring clinical preferences of designs and materials for single-tooth implant rehabilitation.