Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
November 2024
Vol:
25
Issue:
3

Dental health research (1997-2007) concerning people with learning disabilities: a systematic review addressing the extent to which they are involved in research

Abstract
With society’s emphasis on the rights of the disadvantaged, the attitude of those who provide their healthcare has, correctly, come under scrutiny. This review aims to describe the extent to which contemporary dental research has been conducted with or on adults with learning difficulties. Using Medline, we applied search terms to find dental research, from 1997 to 2007, involving adults with learning disabilities. After appropriate exclusion criteria, articles were assigned to one of four categories developed by Marshman et al. (2007). These comprised three category levels of research with and one of research on. The process revealed 173 articles. Of these, 20 (11.5%) had conducted research with people with learning disabilities, only 2% involved these people actively in research, 82% fell into the research on category. Future research should strive to involve people with learning disabilities as fully as possible in the research process.

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Page Start
56
Page End
61
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  1. A service evaluation of screening clinic for patients requiring dental examination prior to a medical intervention at Great Western Hospital (Swindon)
  2. 38
  3. 41

  1. The placement of implants in patients who are medically or intellectually compromised. A review of the literature and case reports
  2. 42
  3. 50

  1. An interaction between paracetamol and warfarin: a case report
  2. 51
  3. 55

  1. Dental health research (1997-2007) concerning people with learning disabilities: a systematic review addressing the extent to which they are involved in research
  2. 56
  3. 61

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