Child has a disability (special needs) vs Parents/caregivers of children without disabilities: Parental concern / caregiver stress indices (parental perception and parenting stress about the child's oral health)
Parents of children with disabilities in Saudi Arabia report significantly greater concern/stress about their child's oral health than parents of children without disabilities (pooled SMD 0.43, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.63; I2=0%; 3 studies); not GRADE-rated.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Child has a disability (special needs) vs Parents/caregivers of children without disabilities Parental concern / caregiver stress indices (parental perception and parenting stress about the child's oral health) · Parents/caregivers of children with disabilities (special needs; autism spectrum disorder or unspecified disability)… · Cross-sectional, Autism centres, dental hospital, and public schools in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah, Abha) Parents of children with disabilities in Saudi Arabia report significantly greater concern/stress about their child's oral health than parents of children without disabilities (pooled SMD 0.43, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.63; I2=0%; 3 studies); not GRADE-rated. Disabilities and Disparities in Oral Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis… (2024) All outcomes | SMD 0.43 [0.23, 0.63] | 3 studies · 472 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disabilities and Disparities in Oral Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Saudi Arabia. 2024 All outcomes | 1 July 2024 (initial search); 25 September 2024 (last update) | 10 | Not applicable |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Body mass index, oral health status and OHRQoL among special health care needs children and parenting stress: a case-control study in… · 2024 · included by 1 of these review
- Body mass index, oral health status and OHRQoL among special health care needs children and parenting stress: a case-control study in… · 2024 · included by 1 of these review
- Parental perceptions of the oral health-related quality of life of autistic children in Saudi Arabia. · 2013 · included by 1 of these review
- Parental perceptions of the oral health‐related quality of life of autistic children in Saudi Arabia · 2012 · included by 1 of these review
- Alaki 2016 · included by 1 of these review
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.