Naseem Mustafa, Shah Altaf H, Khiyani Muhammad Faheem, Khurshid Zohaib, Zafar Muhammad Sohail, Gulzar Shabnam, AlJameel AlBandary H, Khalil Hesham S
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Fellow, Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research (PAHER) University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Ann Stomatol (Roma). 2017 Jan 10;7(3):52-59. doi: 10.11138/ads/2016.7.3.052. eCollection 2016 Jul-Sep.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
包括龋齿和牙周疾病在内的口腔疾病在残疾人群中的患病率显著更高。为学习障碍者提供可及的口腔健康服务可能具有挑战性。
本综述的目的是确定社会中持续存在的、影响学习障碍者获得或无法获得口腔医疗保健的障碍。
采用阿克西·奥马利框架，对PubMed/Medline、OVIDSP和EMBASE进行了范围综述。根据纳入标准对研究进行评估并入围，纳入标准包括：（1）学习障碍的研究参与者或人群；（2）年龄在16岁及以上；（3）报告口腔健康服务的可及性；（4）以英文发表。在经过盲审同行评议过程，对相关性和质量进行辩论后，仔细挑选符合纳入标准的研究。
最终从检索中纳入了9项研究。数据列表按照研究类型、结果、发表年份和患者选择等标题进行。大多数研究提供了学习障碍成年人获得口腔医疗服务的生物医学概述。
残疾人群获得服务的概念仍然定义不明确且模糊不清。学习障碍者获得口腔医疗保健的情况及其需求是复杂且多方面的。
