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What should dental services for people with disabilities be like? Results of an Irish Delphi panel survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to generate prioritised goals for oral health services for people with disabilities as a first step in meeting the need for evidence based oral health services for people with disabilities in Ireland.

Methods

The study used a three round modified e-Delphi method, involving dental service professionals and people with disabilities or their representatives, in Ireland. Three rounds were completed online using SurveyMonkey. Round 1 asked: "List what you think dental services for people with disabilities in Ireland should be like." Items for subsequent rounds were generated from responses to Round 1. Round 2 and Round 3 used 5 point Likert scales to rank these items by priority: from No Priority (1) to Top Priority (5). Consensus was achieved on each item where at least 80% of respondents considered an item either High or Top Priority. A consensus meeting concluded the process.

Results

Sixty-one panelists started and 48 completed the survey. The Delphi panel agreed on level of priority for 69 items and generated 16 consensus statements. These statements covered a range of topics such as access to care, availability of information and training, quality of care, dental treatment and cost. A recurrent theme relating to the appropriateness of care to individual need arose across topics suggesting a need to match service delivery according to the individual's needs, wants and expectations rather than the disability type/diagnosis based service which predominates today.

Conclusions

This process produced a list of prioritised goals for dental services for people with disabilities. This creates a foundation for building evidence-based service models for people with disabilities in Ireland.

SUBMITTER: Mac Giolla Phadraig C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4242628 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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What should dental services for people with disabilities be like? Results of an Irish Delphi panel survey.

Mac Giolla Phadraig Caoimhin C Nunn June J Dougall Alison A O'Neill Eunan E McLoughlin Jacinta J Guerin Suzanne S

PloS one 20141124 11

<h4>Background</h4>This study aimed to generate prioritised goals for oral health services for people with disabilities as a first step in meeting the need for evidence based oral health services for people with disabilities in Ireland.<h4>Methods</h4>The study used a three round modified e-Delphi method, involving dental service professionals and people with disabilities or their representatives, in Ireland. Three rounds were completed online using SurveyMonkey. Round 1 asked: "List what you th ...[more]

PMID: 25420015

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What should dental services for people with disabilities be like? Results of an Irish Delphi panel survey.

Background

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What should dental services for people with disabilities be like? Results of an Irish Delphi panel survey.

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