BMC Research Notes (Mar 2021)

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

  • Jaqueline Vilela Bulgareli,
  • Karine Laura Cortellazzi,
  • Luciane Miranda Guerra,
  • Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano,
  • Armando Koichiro Kaieda,
  • Inara Pereira da Cunha,
  • Fabiana de Lima Vazquez,
  • Antonio Carlos Pereira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05525-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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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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