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Table 3 Data on organizational and communicational accessibility of dental services from the point of view of the person with disability and the Dentists

From: Access to dental public services by disabled persons

Organizational/communicational accessibility

Persons with disabilities

Dentists

p* value

n

%

n

%

Persons with disabilities receive priority care in the FHC

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

99

48.5

75

84.3

 

  No

88

43.1

6

6.7

 

  Partially

17

8.3

8

9.0

 

Type of priority

    

p < 0.001

  Home visit

19

9.3

-

-

 

  Examinations

1

0.5

-

-

 

  Scheduling of consultations

7

3.4

15

16.9

 

  Clinical care

31

15.2

53

59.5

 

  Do not wait in line

1

0.5

-

-

 

  Did not answer

145

71.1

21

23.4

 

Persons with disabilities seek dental services in the FHC

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

97

47.5

46

51.7

 

  No

107

52.5

43

48.3

 

FHC works during day and night time (up to 10 pm)

    

p < 0,001

  Yes

27

13.2

51

57.3

 

  No

85

41.7

38

42.7

 

  I do not know

92

45.1

-

-

 

Dentist participate in the embracement**

     

  Yes

-

-

59

66.3

 

  No

-

-

30

33.7

 

  I do not know

-

-

-

-

 

Daily scheduling of dental consultations

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

25

12.3

17

19.1

 

  No

87

42.6

72

80.9

 

  I do not know

92

45.1

-

-

 

Existence of waiting list

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

72

35.3

27

30.3

 

  No

41

20.1

62

69.7

 

  I do not know

91

44.6

-

-

 

Long waiting time for care

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

73

35.8

49

55.1

 

  No

40

19.6

40

44.9

 

  I do not know

91

44.6

-

-

 

Referred through the reference system

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

106

52.0

81

91.0

 

  No

6

2.9

8

9.0

 

  I do not know

92

45.1

-

-

 

Return to the unit through the counter-reference system

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

97

47.5

67

75.3

 

  No

15

7.4

22

24.7

 

  I do not know

92

45.1

-

-

 

Enough Dentists to meet the demand

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

57

27.9

25

28.1

 

  No

55

27.0

64

71.9

 

  I do not know

92

45.1

-

-

 

Dentist qualified to work with persons with disabilities

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

83

40.7

41

46.8

 

  No

31

15.2

48

53.9

 

  I do not know

90

44.1

-

-

 

Dentist can easily communicate with deaf people***

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

58

77.3

50

56.2

 

  No

6

8.0

10

11.2

 

  Partially

6

8.0

29

32.6

 

  Never communicated

5

6.7

-

-

 

Libras interpreter in the FHC

    

p < 0.001

  Yes

4

2.0

2

2.2

 

  No

108

52.9

87

97.8

 

  I do not know

92

45.1

-

-

 
  1. Fortaleza-CE, 2012.
  2. Source: Developed by the author (2012). *Pearson’s chi-squared test. **This question was not asked to persons with disabilities.
  3. ***This question was asked to people with hearing impairments and the Dentists.