Tri-Service Comprehensive Oral Health Survey 1994: Recruit Report
Record Type
DataSet
Source
Tri-Service Center for Oral Health Studies (TSCOHS)
Source URL
Description
The survey involved collection of oral health status, dental treatment needs, dental utilization, and perceived need for dental care. A questionnaire was administered and a clinical exam was performed.
MEDLINE Search Strategy
Data Format
SPSS
Geographic Region
United States
Interval
Irregular
Method/Technique
Data collection was done using two forms: a clinical exam form and a patient questionnaire. Direct data entry onto notebook computers provided "paperless" data collection and transmission. Clinical exam data were completed by calibrated dental examiners and trained recorders. The computerized utilization and perceived need questionnaire was completed by each patient in the survey. All clinical data were recorded first without radiographs and then separately with radiographs.
Population
Military service recruits. Male, female, white, black, other
Purpose
The survey was designed to provide standardized methods and simultaneous data collection for each military service; to be comprehensive in scope by including measures of perceived and expressed need rather than focusing solely on normative need so that results for military personnel could be compared with their employed, civilian cohorts; and to provide a solid reference base to which the results of future oral health surveys on the military population can be compared.
Record History
Logicon/ROW Sciences
Record Originator
Logicon/ROW Sciences
Reference
"Tri-service comprehensive oral health survey OR tscohs" resulted in: Chisick MC, Poindexter FR, York AK. Dental sealants: prevalence and need in U.S. military recruits. Mil Med. 1998 Jun;163(6):386-8. Chisick MC, Poindexter FR, York AK. The need for and prevalence of dental sealants in active duty U.S. military personnel. Mil Med. 1998 Mar;163(3):155-8.
Related Tool
Oral Health of US Employed Adults and Seniors: 1985-86 (NIDR, 1987)
Restrictions
Written permission is required to access data.
Sample Design
Recruits were sampled using single-stage, stratified, systematic random sampling. Historic data of the size and composition of the most recent year’s recruit population were used to determine sample size and what specific subgroups of interest were feasible to sample in sufficient numbers to allow comparisons across study outcome measures.
Sample Size
The recruit sample size was 2711, which represented the 101072 recruits that passed through the recruit training facilities of the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps during the 6-month data collection period.
Special Notes
Questions on dental utilization and perceived need were drawn from Oral Health of US Employed Adults and Seniors: 1985-86; US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Dental Research, NIH Pub. No. 87-2868, 1987, Bethesda, MD.
Special Software
SUDAAN
Survey Type
Military/Veterans
Unit of Analysis
Person
Years of Availability
1994, 2000
UI
1851
Date Revised
June 1, 2018, 1:45 p.m.