Nilchian Firoozeh, Shakibaei Fereshteh, Jarah Zeinab Taghi
Dental Materials Research Center, Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Mar;47(3):858-864. doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-2998-8.
This study was aimed to evaluate the impact of visual pedagogy in dental check-ups and preventive practices among children with autism aged 6-12. In this randomized double-blind clinical trial, the cooperation of 40 children with autism age 6-12. The selected children were equally divided into two groups of case and control (n = 20). The obtained data were analyzed by statistical tests, including Chi square and independent t test. The results of Cochran showed a significant increase in children's cooperation with regard to fluoride therapy in the case group by repeating the visit and training sessions (p ≤ 0.001). The findings of this study demonstrated, visual pedagogy was merely effective in the case of fluoride therapy in the case group.
本研究旨在评估视觉教学法对6至12岁自闭症儿童牙齿检查及预防措施的影响。在这项随机双盲临床试验中，纳入了40名6至12岁的自闭症儿童。所选儿童被平均分为病例组和对照组（n = 20）。所获数据通过统计学检验进行分析，包括卡方检验和独立t检验。 Cochr an检验结果显示，通过重复就诊和培训课程，病例组儿童在氟化物治疗方面的配合度显著提高（p≤0.001）。本研究结果表明，视觉教学法仅在病例组的氟化物治疗中有效。
