Barriers to utilisation of dental care services among children with special needs: A systematic review
| Autor: | PD Madan Kumar, Lakshmi Krishnan, Kiran Iyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cross-sectional study barriers Population MEDLINE Special needs Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine children systematic review dental utilisation Health care Humans disabilities Medicine 030216 legal & forensic medicine Child Dental Care education General Dentistry education.field_of_study business.industry Infant Newborn Infant 030206 dentistry General Medicine Disabled Children Newcastle–Ottawa scale lcsh:RK1-715 Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool lcsh:Dentistry Family medicine oral health Electronic data business Inclusion (education) |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Dental Research, Vol 31, Iss 3, Pp 486-493 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 0970-9290 |
| Popis: | Background: Disabled population accounts for 2.86 Crore of total Indian population. Among these 27.4% of population consists of children within age group of age 0 to 19 years. Studies have shown oral health status of children with special needs is lower than children without special needs. Though there are various attributing factors, access to dental care delivery and difficulties faced during dental treatment delivery are of major concern. Therefore the aim of this systematic review was set to assess the barriers faced by children with special needs during utilization of dental services; through caregiver's perception. Materials and Methods: For this review MEDLINE, EBSCO, COCHRANE, EMBASE and Google Scholar were the electronic data bases searched based on the PICO. PRISMA guidelines were followed for final inclusion of articles. Results: The search generated a total of 259 articles from five different electronic bases: PUBMED, EMBASE, EBSCO, COCHRANE and GOOGLE SCHOLAR. Based on inclusion criteria, 7 articles made it to final analysis. All the 7 studies reported that dentist were unwilling to treat children with special needs as a major barrier followed by fear towards dentist by the children with special needs. Conclusion: The cross sectional studies of this review were assessed for quality using a modified Newcastle Ottawa Scale, proposed by Egger et al. in 2003. Even though the available literature forms a lower standard of evidence, further evaluation of barriers are recommended using better designed studies to substantiate the in equal access to healthcare facilities by these marginalized population. |
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