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Article Dans Une Revue European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry Année : 2018

Training children with autism spectrum disorder to undergo oral assessment using a digital iPad® application

A. Rouches
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Patrice Bourdon
Serena Lopez-Cazaux
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Aim To present a training programme for teaching children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), to be compliant with a dental examination. Methods Fifty-two children and adolescents with ASD (age range 3–19 years) with a parent-signed consent form were enrolled. Dental examinations were performed once a month in education centres by a paediatric dentist using a visual activity schedule on an iPad® that was created with a digital application, çATED. Achievement and anxiety were evaluated using scales and grids every 2 months for 8 months. Results Showed an improvement in oral assessment; the children became compliant and less anxious. The percentage of individuals who underwent the entire dental exam process increased over time; it was 25% at the beginning of the study and 65.4% after 8 months. Only 7.7% of the sample was not anxious at the beginning, while 59.6% of the sample was not anxious after 8 months. Wilcoxon analysis also showed significant improvement in the studied variables. Conclusions Training children and adolescents with ASD to undergo dental examination was efficient. The use of the iPad® is attractive and easy for practitioners and people with ASD.

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hal-02056351 , version 1 (04-03-2019)

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G. Lefer, A. Rouches, Patrice Bourdon, Serena Lopez-Cazaux. Training children with autism spectrum disorder to undergo oral assessment using a digital iPad® application. European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 2018, ⟨10.1007/s40368-018-0398-9⟩. ⟨hal-02056351⟩
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