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Receipt of dental care and barriers encountered by persons with disabilities.
- Source :
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Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry [Spec Care Dentist] 2011 Mar-Apr; Vol. 31 (2), pp. 63-7. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- A study was conducted to describe the receipt of dental care by patients with disabilities and to understand their perspective with regard to barriers to dental care. Subjects for this study were recruited among patients with disabilities seen at Carolinas Rehabilitation's outpatient clinic. A questionnaire consisting of 66 questions was completed by 344 subjects; with the topics related to both medical and dental care. Among the study population, 57.2% of subjects reported being seen by a dentist within the last 12 months, versus 67.3% before they became disabled. The last dental appointment was a routine examination for 59.5% of the respondents. Since becoming disabled, 16.6% of subjects reported problems receiving dental care. Financial challenges were the primary problem followed by physical accessibility issues. Further research is required to discover how barriers to care can be overcome to assure that those with disabilities receive adequate dental care.<br /> (©2011 Special Care Dentistry Association and Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Appointments and Schedules
Architectural Accessibility
Attitude to Health
Dental Care for Chronically Ill economics
Educational Status
Ethnicity
Female
Health Care Costs
Humans
Insurance, Dental
Male
Medicare
Middle Aged
North Carolina
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
United States
Young Adult
Dental Care for Disabled classification
Dental Care for Disabled economics
Health Services Accessibility economics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1754-4505
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21371067
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-4505.2011.00178.x