Psychometric Testing of HeLD-14 in a Colombian Geriatric Population

Table 2

Descriptive analysis of HeLD-Col items such as mean (m), standard deviation (SD), skewness, kurtosis, frequency (F), and percentage (%).

Items	m	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis	0; F/(%)	1; F/(%)	2; F/(%)	3; F/(%)	4; F/(%)
HeLD-1. Are you able to pay attention to dental health needs?	3.16	0.72	−0.582	0.144	0	8/2.1	51/13.3	197/51.3	128/33.3
HeLD-4. Are you able to read dental information brochures?	2.65	0.98	−0.345	−0.876	0	43/8.8	72/14.7	77/15.7	75/19.5
HeLD-5. Are you able to take support to a dental appointment?	2.87	0.81	0.130	−1.224	0	4/1.0	143/37.2	137/35.7	100/26.0
HeLD-7. Are you able to pay for dental medication?	3.02	0.73	−0.188	−0.624	0	4/1.0	86/22.4	194/50.5	100/26.0
HeLD-8. Do you know how to get dentist’s appointment?	2.96	0.75	−0.050	−0.959	0	3/0.8	107/27.9	175/45.6	99/25.8
HeLD-9. Are you able to get a second opinion?	3.05	0.66	−0.327	0.504	1/0.3	1/0.3	66/17.2	225/58.6	91/23.7
HeLD-10. Are you able to look for a second opinion?	3.03	0.68	−0.142	−0.502	0	2/0.5	76/19.8	213/55.5	93/24.2
HeLD-11. Are you able to use information?	2.92	0.74	0.091	−1.080	0	1/0.3	119/31.0	174/45.3	90/23.4
HeLD-12. Are you able to follow dental instructions?	3.16	0.80	−0.334	−1.256	0	1/0.3	92/24.0	134/34.9	157/40.9
HeLD-13. Are you able to carry out dental instructions?	3.23	0.71	−0.368	−0.993	0	0	64/16.7	168/43.8	152/39.6
HeLD-14. Are you able to use dentist advice?	3.24	0.75	−0.415	−1.108	0	0	72/18.8	149/38.8	163/42.4

Response options: 0 = unable to do, 1 = very difficult, 2 = with some difficulty, 3 = with little difficulty, 4 = without any difficulty.