Oral Health and Pneumonia in Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pneumonia is a leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), who also have increased risk of oral disease. Given the known relationship between oral disease and pneumonia in similar populations, this review aims to explore what is known about the association between oral health and pneumonia among people with IDD.

Methods

This systematic scoping review was carried out in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methods and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews checklist (PRISMA-ScR). A systematic search of Medline (Ovid), Embase, Cochrane Trials, Cochrane Review, CINAHL and PubMed was conducted, guided by a registered protocol. The PCC framework informed

SUBMITTER: Byrne K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12703059 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature