Non-Cochrane · prognostic · PM39558229
Oral health status of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mehta Vini, Tripathy Snehasish, Merchant Yash, et al. · BMC pediatrics · 2024 · PubMed · doi:10.1186/s12887-024-05242-8
Full textEvery question was extracted from the full text, figures and supplements by two independent LLM extractors, disagreements adjudicated. Rows cite where in the review the value comes from.
Questions
4
current version
GRADE rated
0
No studies
0
Included studies
29
linked below
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 4 · 100%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Review question
| Element | Planned (methods) | Found (results) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | Individuals below 18 years of age with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in India (physical-disability-only studies excluded) | Children with IDD in India across 15 cross-sectional studies (per-study n=69-483; states: Karnataka 5, Tamil Nadu 3, Rajasthan 3, Maharashtra 2, Madhya Pradesh 1, Telangana 1; publication years 1991-2022) |
| Intervention | None (no intervention; descriptive prevalence review) | None (descriptive prevalence) |
| Comparison | None (no comparator) | None |
| Outcomes | Oral health status indices: brushing habits and dental issues (dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis) or other indices measured by the authors | Meta-analyzed: toothbrushing use (6 studies, 91%), poor oral hygiene (5 studies, 38%), dental caries (7 studies, 64%); periodontal disease (1 study, 54.2%); dmft/DMFT/DEFT and OHI-S reported narratively |
| Study designs | Cross-sectional studies (qualitative studies, reviews, editorials, opinions, conference proceedings, non-English, and studies without full text excluded) | 15 cross-sectional studies |
| Timing | Not specified | Single time point (cross-sectional) |
Search date: Earliest available date to 31 March 2024. Databases: PubMed-MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase (plus Google Scholar, unpublished studies, conference proceedings, cross-references)
Questions and results
Not applicable (single-group prevalence) vs Not applicable (single-group prevalence)
Population: Children (<18 years) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in India
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Dental caries (prevalence) Overall Dental caries affects about 64% of children with IDD in India (pooled prevalence 0.64, 95% CI 0.45-0.79; high heterogeneity; ungraded). Source: Results 'Dental caries'; Abstract; Fig. 4 (forest plot) · same question in other reviews | Prevalence 64 [45, 79] | 7 studies · 1066 participants | Ungraded |
Periodontal disease (prevalence) In the single study reporting it, periodontal disease prevalence was 54.2% (single study; ungraded). Source: Results 'Dental caries' paragraph (CPI/periodontal); Abstract; Table 1 (Solanki et al. [28]) · same question in other reviews | Prevalence 54.2 | 1 study · 72 participants | Ungraded |
Regular toothbrushing usage (prevalence) Overall About 91% of children with IDD in India use a toothbrush regularly (pooled prevalence 0.91, 95% CI 0.80-0.96; high heterogeneity; ungraded). Source: Results 'Toothbrushing usage'; Abstract; Fig. 2 (forest plot, random-intercept logistic regression) · same question in other reviews | Prevalence 91 [80, 96] | 6 studies · 1036 participants | Ungraded |
Poor (inadequate) oral hygiene (prevalence) Overall Poor oral hygiene affects about 38% of children with IDD in India (pooled prevalence 0.38, 95% CI 0.21-0.59; high heterogeneity; ungraded). Source: Results 'Inadequate oral hygiene'; Abstract; Fig. 3 (forest plot) · same question in other reviews | Prevalence 38 [21, 59] | 5 studies · 1333 participants | Ungraded |
Included primary studies 29
Open as a trial list| Study | Also included by | Outcomes it informs here | Trial PICO | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumar et al. 2015 matched by author and year (probable) | 1 other review | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Shivakumar 2018 matched by author and year (probable) | 1 other review | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Anandan 2022 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Anandan et al. 2022 Comparison of dental caries experience and salivary parameters among children with Down syndrome and healthy controls in Chennai, Tamil… PMID:36260468 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Asokan 2008 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Asokan et al. 2008 Oral findings of Down syndrome children in Chennai city, India. PMID:18797100 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Bennadi 2020 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Bennadi et al. 2020 Oral hygiene negligence among institutionalized mentally disabled children in Mysore city-A call for attention. PMID:32670963 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Bhowate & Dubey 2005 Dentofacial changes and oral health status in mentally challenged children. PMID:16012208 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Bhowate 2005 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Chandra 2009 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Chandra et al. 2009 Caries experience and oral hygiene status of children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. PMID:19953805 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Chhajed 2016 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Chhajed et al. 2016 Impact of various extra-oral factors on caries experience among mentally disabled children residing in Bhopal city, central India: A… PMID:27461815 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Kumar 2009 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Kumar et al. 2009 Determinants for oral hygiene and periodontal status among mentally disabled children and adolescents. PMID:19841546 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Rekha 2012 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Rekha et al. 2012 Oral health status of children with autistic disorder in Chennai. PMID:22652209 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Richa & Puranik 2014 Oral health status and parental perception of child oral health related quality-of-life of children with autism in Bangalore, India. PMID:24739913 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Richa 2014 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Shah 2022 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Shah et al. 2022 Oral Health Status in Mentally Disabled Children, Dental Care Knowledge of Parents, and the Impact of Audiovisual Oral Health Education… PMID:37457212 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Shivakumar et al. 2018 Oral Health Status and Dental Treatment Needs of 5-12-year-old Children with Disabilities Attending Special Schools in Western… PMID:29552531 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Solanki 2014 Evaluation of an automated auditory brainstem response in a multi-stage infant hearing screening. PMID:20148257 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Solanki et al. 2014 Dental caries and periodontal status of mentally handicapped institutilized children. PMID:25177632 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Subramaniam & Gupta 2011 Oral health status of autistic children in India. PMID:22900443 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Subramaniam 2011 matched by author and year (probable) | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Vyas & Damle 1991 Comparative study of oral health status of mentally sub-normal, physically handicapped, juvenile delinquents and normal children of Bombay. PMID:1840302 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
| Vyas 1991 Intensely luminescent gold(I)-silver(I) cluster with hypercoordinated carbon. PMID:19919136 | this review only | not stated | not extracted yet | not extracted yet |
Overlap with other reviews
Reviews that include the same primary studies are not independent evidence. Shared counts match studies by PMID, DOI or NCT, and otherwise by author and year (a probable match).
| Review | Shared studies | Jaccard |
|---|---|---|
| Impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life among Indians- a systematic review and Meta-analysis. (2023) | 2 | 0.03 |