Oral Health Care of Children and Adolescents with Different Impairments of Cerebral Palsy: Barriers and Challenges
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
;
22: e210107, 2022. tab
Artículo
en Inglés
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| ID: biblio-1386799
ABSTRACT
Abstract Objective:
To evaluate the barriers to access and oral health care faced by children and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy (CP) according to their motor impairment through the perception of caregivers. Material andMethods:
A case series study was carried out at three health institutions in Pernambuco, Brazil. The study sample consisted of 94 caregivers of 5-to-18-year-old patients with CP, according to GMFCS (The Gross Motor Function Classification System). Data were collected using a semi-structured form to evaluate the barriers to access and analyzed statistically by the chi-square and Fisher exact tests, adopting a 5% level of significance. In addition, binary logistic regression was performed to determine the weight of the variables in explaining the outcome variable.Results:
There were major difficulties involving transportation (p=0.04) and structural accessibility to dental services (p<0.01) among children and adolescents with severe CP. In addition, the more severe the CP, the greater the difficulty of accessibility (OR=4.09,) and the lower the income (OR=8.80), the greater the motor impairment.Conclusion:
Despite the availability of access to dental services, low-income families have more severe CP patients, contributing to the daily difficulties already faced by them in oral health care.
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Asunto principal:
Percepción Social
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Parálisis Cerebral
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Salud Bucal
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Cuidadores
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Atención Dental para la Persona con Discapacidad
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios de evaluación
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adolescente
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Niño
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Child, preschool
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Asunto de la revista:
Odontología
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Federal University of Pernambuco/BR
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