Determinants of Adherence to Dental Treatment of Socially Vulnerable Adolescents: a Cohort Study

Overview

Journal BMC Res Notes

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Biology
General Medicine

Date 2021 Mar 26

PMID 33766088

Citations 1

Authors

Jaqueline Vilela Bulgareli

Karine Laura Cortellazzi

Luciane Miranda Guerra

Glaucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano

Armando Koichiro Kaieda

Inara Pereira da Cunha

Fabiana de Lima Vazquez

Antonio Carlos Pereira

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Abstract

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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