Evaluation of Visual Pedagogy in Dental Check-ups and Preventive Practices Among 6-12-Year-Old Children with Autism.
J Autism Dev Disord
; 47(3): 858-864, 2017 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to evaluate the impact of visual pedagogy in dental check-ups and preventive practices among children with autism aged 6-12. In this randomized double-blind clinical trial, the cooperation of 40 children with autism age 6-12. The selected children were equally divided into two groups of case and control (n = 20). The obtained data were analyzed by statistical tests, including Chi square and independent t test. The results of Cochran showed a significant increase in children's cooperation with regard to fluoride therapy in the case group by repeating the visit and training sessions (p ≤ 0.001). The findings of this study demonstrated, visual pedagogy was merely effective in the case of fluoride therapy in the case group.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Audiovisual Aids
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Autistic Disorder
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Patient Compliance
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Dental Care for Disabled
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Dental Care for Children
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Autism Dev Disord
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Irán