Giving low priority to oral health care. Voices from people with disabilities in a grounded theory study

The present article aimed to describe the foundations and adequacy of the Grounded Theory (GT) to the construction of the substantive theory on the phenomenon of oral health care of institutionalized elderly people. GT is a methodology that allows formulating orderly abstractions from the real life data. Through this referential is possible to elaborate a relevant and functional theory in order to understand the meaning of the elderly oral health care practices. GT allowed an extensive and rich production of information codes submitted to a process of Comparative Analysis. The immersion in the actors' subjective and private view, through interviews performed with the participants, allowed by the open and flexible character of the method, permitted the formulation of comprehensive analysis categories. The text demonstrates the validity of this alternative methodology to the scientific investigation of this complex phenomenon.

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Strategies for oral health care for people with disabilities in Taiwan

Journal of Dental Sciences ◽

10.1016/s1991-7902(09)60022-2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 165-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Wei-Li Jeng ◽

Tong-Mei Wang ◽

Tsang-Lie Cher ◽

Chun-Pin Lin ◽

Jiiang-Huei Jeng

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Oral Health ◽

People With Disabilities ◽

Oral Health Care

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Concerns on oral health care services for adults with cognitive and intellectual disabilities

Bioinformation ◽

10.6026/97320630016974 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (12) ◽

pp. 974-982

Author(s):

Meignana Arumugham Indiran ◽

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Oral Health ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

People With Disabilities ◽

Oral Health Care ◽

Level Of Evidence ◽

Care Services ◽

Dental Staff

It is of interest to document data on oral health care services for adults with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. Hence, a study protocol was registered at the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) with registration number: CRD42020150759. We used PubMed, Science Direct, LILACS and SCIELO to collect data from known literature using keywords containing MESH (Medical Subject Headings) terms. The risk of bias rating for the collected data was calculated using the Newcastle-Ottawa assessment Scale. The AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare, Research and Quality) was used for classifying the level of evidence in the collected data. Analysis of available data shows that there is a lack of dentists with adequate skills to treat people with disabilities resulting in high cost for dental treatment. Thus, we conclude that inconvenient location of dental clinic, lack of dentists willing to treat people with disabilities and attitude of dental staff towards people with learning disabilities were considered as barriers and challenges faced for dental health service utilization in this context.

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