Development and Validation of Self-Reported Surveillance Questionnaire of Periodontal Health in Indian Population

The original 8-item CDC/AAP questionnaire as well as other selected periodontal disease surveillance questions will be translated into Hindi through forward translation, backward translation, and expert committee process to reach a consensus and produce a prefinal version. The prefinal version questionnaire will be pilot tested on a sample of 20 patients to evaluate the overall comprehension by non-professionals. On the basis of responses and evaluation from the participants, the questionnaire will be further refined to build the final version. The final version of the questionnaire will be administered to patients seeking care from out-patient department of department of Periodontics at PGIDS, Rohtak. The participants will be required to fill the questionnaire by themselves prior to periodontal examination, without any help from others.