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A Reliable and Valid Survey to Predict a Patient’s Gagging Intensity J Oral Maxillofac Res 2014 (Apr-Jun);5(2):e3 doi:10.5037/jomr.2014.5203 |
A Reliable and Valid Survey to Predict a Patient’s Gagging Intensity
1Neuroscience program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.
2Department of Endodontic, Prosthodontics, and Operative Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
aThe first two authors contributed equally to this work.
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ABSTRACT
Objectives: The aim of this study was to devise a reliable and valid survey to predict the intensity of someone’s gag reflex.
Material and Methods: A 10-question Predictive Gagging Survey was created, refined, and tested on 59 undergraduate participants. The questions focused on risk factors and experiences that would indicate the presence and strength of someone’s gag reflex. Reliability was assessed by administering the survey to a group of 17 participants twice, with 3 weeks separating the two administrations. Finally, the survey was given to 25 dental patients. In these cases, patients completed an informed consent form, filled out the survey, and then had a maxillary impression taken while their gagging response was quantified from 1 to 5 on the Fiske and Dickinson Gagging Intensity Index.
Results: There was a moderate positive correlation between the Predictive Gagging Survey and Fiske and Dickinson’s Gagging Severity Index, r = +0.64, demonstrating the survey’s validity. Furthermore, the test-retest reliability was r = +0.96, demonstrating the survey’s reliability.
Conclusions: The Predictive Gagging Survey is a 10-question survey about gag-related experiences and behaviours. We established that it is a reliable and valid method to assess the strength of someone’s gag reflex.
J Oral Maxillofac Res 2014 (Apr-Jun);5(2):e3
doi:10.5037/jomr.2014.5203
Accepted for publication: 1 April 2014
To cite this article: A Reliable and Valid Survey to Predict a Patient’s Gagging Intensity. J Oral Maxillofac Res 2014;5(2):e3 URL: http://www.ejomr.org/JOMR/archives/2014/2/e3/v5n2e3ht.htm |
Received: 17 February 2014 | Accepted: 1 April 2014 | Published: 1 July 2014
Copyright: © The Author(s). Published by JOMR under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence, 2014.