TNO Child Health - Oral Health Division, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Centre for Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2021 Mar;34(2):615-623. doi: 10.1111/jar.12829. Epub 2020 Nov 9.
People with intellectual disabilities have worse health outcomes compared to their peers without. However, regarding oral health parameters, recent systematic reviews reported conflicting evidence. The aim was to assess whether adolescents with MBID differ from their peers in oral health and oral health behaviour.
Ninety seven adolescents with MBID participated in this comparative study. Outcomes were compared to data of 17-year-old Dutch adolescents (n = 581) from a national epidemiological study on oral health and oral health behaviour.
Adolescents with MBID showed worse oral health outcomes and poorer oral hygiene than their peers from the general population. Furthermore, they visit the dentist less regularly, brush less frequently, eat main-dishes less frequently and have higher levels of dental anxiety.
Adolescents with MBID have poorer oral health and show worse oral health-promoting behaviours than their peers in the general population. Targeted interventions to reach this vulnerable group are necessary.
与没有智力障碍的同龄人相比,智力障碍患者的健康状况更差。然而,关于口腔健康参数,最近的系统评价报告存在相互矛盾的证据。本研究旨在评估中重度智力障碍青少年的口腔健康和口腔健康行为是否与同龄人存在差异。
本研究纳入了 97 名中重度智力障碍青少年。将他们的口腔健康相关结果与来自全国性口腔健康和口腔健康行为流行病学研究的 581 名 17 岁荷兰青少年的数据进行了比较。
与普通人群中的同龄人相比,中重度智力障碍青少年的口腔健康状况更差,口腔卫生状况更差。此外,他们看牙医的频率较低,刷牙频率较低,吃主菜的频率较低,且焦虑水平较高。
与普通人群中的同龄人相比,中重度智力障碍青少年的口腔健康状况更差,口腔健康促进行为更差。有必要针对这一弱势群体开展有针对性的干预措施。