Habits and oral hygiene status of indigenous people with disabilities from the Misak community, Colombia/Habitos y estado de higiene bucal en poblacion indigena con discapacidad de la comunidad Misak, Colombia

Introduction: nearly 15% of the world's population lives with some kind of disability. Colombia has no official reports on indigenous people with disabilities. Being an indigenous person with a disability increases health vulnerabilities and the risk for oral diseases. The objective of this study was to describe the habits and oral hygiene status of people with disabilities living in the Misak (Guambiano) indigenous reserve in Silvia, Department of Cauca (Colombia), in 2016. Methods: a descriptive observational cross-sectional study was conducted. The entire population with some degree of disability in the Misak indigenous community was included, assessing their oral hygiene through Community Plaque Index (CPI) and collecting socio-demographic and oral health habits variables using descriptive analysis to correlate disability type with health habits and plaque index. Results: 46 people with some degree of disability were identified. Of these, 45.7% were women and aged 22.6 years in average. Cognitive disability was the most common, (54.3%). The study showed that 43.4% of people with disabilities brush their teeth at least once a day, with 44% needing help to do so. A bacterial plaque index of 91.8% was found. Conclusion: people with disabilities in the Misak indigenous community have a high community plaque index, which is considered a poor level, with inadequate oral hygiene habits. Keywords: people with disabilities, indigenous population, oral hygiene, oral health, oral hygiene index Introduccion: alrededor del 15% de la poblacion mundial vive con algun tipo de discapacidad. En Colombia no existen reportes oficiales de indigenas con discapacidad. Ser una persona indigena y con discapacidad aumenta la vulnerabilidad en el ambito de la salud y el riesgo de padecer enfermedades bucodentales. El objetivo del presente estudio consistio en describir los habitos y el estado de higiene bucal de las personas con discapacidad que residen en la comunidad Misak (Guambiano), resguardo indigena en Silvia-Cauca, Colombia, en el ano 2016. Metodos: estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal. Se incluyo toda la poblacion con algun grado de discapacidad de la comunidad indigena Misak, a la cual se les evaluo el estado de higiene bucal mediante el Indice de Placa Comunitario (IPC); se recogieron variables sociales, demograficas y de habitos en salud bucal, con analisis descriptivo, estableciendo relaciones con el tipo de discapacidad, el comportamiento de habit