Naseem, Mustafa and Shah, Altaf H. and Khiyani, Muhammad Faheem and Khurshid, Zohaib and Zafar, Muhammad Sohail and Gulzar, Shabnam and AlJameel, AlBandary H. and Khalil, Hesham S. (2016) Access to oral health care services among adults with learning disabilities: a scoping review. Annali di Stomatologia, 7 (3). pp. 52-59. ISSN 1971-1441
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Abstract
Background The prevalence of oral diseases including dental caries and periodontal conditions is remarkably higher in people with disabilities. The provision of accessible oral health services for people with learning disabilities may be challenging. Objectives The objectives of the review were to identify barriers in accessing oral health care that persists within society, enabling or disabling people with learning disabilities. Methods Using the Arksey O’Malley framework, a scoping review was conducted on PubMed/Medline, OVIDSP, and EMBASE. Studies were evaluated and short-listed based on the inclusion criteria, which consisted of: (1) study participants or population with learning disabilities, (2) aged 16 years or over, (3) reporting on access to oral health services, (4) published in the English language. Those that justified the inclusion criteria were carefully chosen after a blind peer-reviewed process when relevance and quality were debated. Results Nine studies were eventually included from searches. Tabulation of data was done under the heading of study type, outcomes, the year of publication and patient selection. The majority of studies provided a biomedical overview of access for adults with learning disabilities. Conclusions The concept of access for people with disability is still ill-defined and obscure. Access to oral health care and needs of people with learning disabilities are complex and multi-facet
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | learning disability, access, oral health, health service utilization, scoping review |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Rita Negrini |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2020 19:45 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2020 19:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16302 |
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