Determinants of adherence to dental treatment of socially vulnerable adolescents: a cohort study

OBJECTIVE: Different studies with adolescents address the difficulty they have to adhere to oral dental treatments. Therefore, better understanding the processes involved in adherence to treatment in this population is necessary. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that influence ad...

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Autores principales: Bulgareli, Jaqueline Vilela, Cortellazzi, Karine Laura, Guerra, Luciane Miranda, Ambrosano, Gláucia Maria Bovi, Kaieda, Armando Koichiro, da Cunha, Inara Pereira, Vazquez, Fabiana de Lima, Pereira, Antonio Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7992976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33766088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05525-8
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: Different studies with adolescents address the difficulty they have to adhere to oral dental treatments. Therefore, better understanding the processes involved in adherence to treatment in this population is necessary. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that influence adherence to dental treatment in socially underprivileged adolescents in primary care. RESULTS: Non-adherence to treatment showed high rate in the studied sample (49.5%). Family income (p = 0.039) and number of individuals in the family (p = 0.003) were associated with non-adherence to dental treatment. It is concluded that the adolescents’ social vulnerability condition resulted in situations that are incompatible with adherence, which hinders dental treatment and health service planning.

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