Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Aug;51(8):2988-2994. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04759-y. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
Aims were to: (1) investigate the parental difficulties toward their ASD children dental care and, (2) analyze factors influencing their access to such services. Questionnaires were completed by 142 mothers of ASD children. Children aged between 2.5 and 14 years old, with 3.9:1 male to female ratio. 68.3% perceived difficulties in finding dental care. Most barriers were: Cost (75.4%), finding a dentist to treat ASD child (74.6%), and behavior of their ASD child (45.1%). There was no difference among age and "difficulty finding dental care" (p = 0.429). Having medical insurance and previous bad experience showed significant effects on the difficulty in finding dental care (p < 0.05). Children with ASD and their parents encounter various barriers to dental services.
（1）调查父母在照顾自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童口腔护理方面的困难，以及（2）分析影响他们获得此类服务的因素。通过问卷调查了 142 名 ASD 儿童的母亲。儿童年龄在 2.5 至 14 岁之间，男女比例为 3.9:1。68.3%的人认为在寻找口腔护理方面存在困难。最主要的障碍是：费用（75.4%）、找到愿意治疗 ASD 儿童的牙医（74.6%），以及 ASD 儿童的行为问题（45.1%）。年龄与“寻找口腔护理的困难程度”之间没有差异（p=0.429）。有医疗保险和之前的不良经历对寻找口腔护理的困难程度有显著影响（p<0.05）。患有 ASD 的儿童及其父母在获得牙科服务方面遇到了各种障碍。
