Slum / urban-disadvantaged setting vs Non-slum urban / general-urban / national population: Pattern of dental service utilisation and barriers
Dental service use is low, episodic and pain-driven, with widespread self-care and cost/funding barriers; ungraded.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Slum / urban-disadvantaged setting vs Non-slum urban / general-urban / national population Pattern of dental service utilisation and barriers · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs · Urban slums and non-slum/general-urban settings, LMICs Dental service use is low, episodic and pain-driven, with widespread self-care and cost/funding barriers; ungraded. Systematic review of oral health in slums and non-slum urban settings of Low and Middle-Income Countries… (2024) All outcomes | Utilisation was generally low, episodic and mostly problem/pain-driven (pain-driven visits ~70-99%); widespread self-care/home remedies were used as alternatives to professional care; lack of funds/cost, income, age,… | Not reported | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systematic review of oral health in slums and non-slum urban settings of Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): Disease prevalence,… 2024 All outcomes | June 2023 (Scopus and Web of Science searched March 2024) | 23 | Not applicable |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
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.