Question · asked by 1 review
Electric toothbrush (self, carer or carer-assisted brushing) vs Manual toothbrush: Behaviour, attitude and self-efficacy (participant/carer preference)
- Population
- Children and adults with mixed levels of ID; setting home, residential, day care, school, mixed or not specified
- Intervention
- Electric toothbrush (self, carer or carer-assisted brushing)
- Comparison
- Manual toothbrush
- Outcome
- Behaviour, attitude and self-efficacy (participant/carer preference)
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Electric toothbrush (self, carer or carer-assisted brushing) vs Manual toothbrush (self, carer or carer-assisted brushing) Behaviour, attitude and self-efficacy (participant/carer preference) · Children and adults with mixed levels of ID; setting home, residential, day care, school, mixed or not specified · Long term (>12 months) Oral hygiene interventions for people with intellectual disabilities (2019) · Cochrane All outcomes | Comparison 2.8 (reported; not GRADE-rated). One NRS (Bratel 1991, 23 participants), self-efficacy at 16 months: 10/12 people with ID using the electric toothbrush reported a preference for it, finding it easier to use… | 1 study · 23 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral hygiene interventions for people with intellectual disabilities 2019 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2019-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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.