Evaluación de la técnica Audio, Tacto y Ejecución para educación en salud oral en población con discapacidad visual, una revisión sistemática

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of audio, tactile and performance technique to improve oral health education in visually impaired people. Methods: The systematic review it has been made whit the databases PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Web of Science was carried out, which included controlled clinical trials and quasi-experimental on the effectiveness of audio, tactile and performance technique in children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with some type of visual impairment, published between 2012-2020. The articles that met the selection criteria were reviewed in their entirety. An instrument was developed in Microsoft Excel to consolidate the information extracted from the reviewed articles. The CONSORT check-up guide was applied to assess the quality of the reporting of the articles and the Cochrane risk of bias guide. Results: A total of 11 articles were reviewed, where 54.5% was of controlled clinical trial type. The most frequent database was PubMed (72.7%). The most common population group were children 5 to 18 years old (63.6%). The most used oral health index was Silness and Loe (45.5%). The degree of disability that predominated was partial and total blindness (36.4%). A high percentage of effectiveness is shown with the audio, tactile and performance technique compared to other techniques, regardless of the level of disability. Conclusion: The audio, tactile and performance technique is an effective method to improve oral health in people with visual disabilities. This method can be used in oral health promotion programs to solve hygiene problems.