PMID- 22702959
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20240227
IS  - 1945-7103 (Electronic)
IS  - 0003-3219 (Linking)
DP  - 2012 Jun 14
TI  - Satisfaction with orthodontic treatment.
AB  - Abstract Objectives: To examine the satisfaction of patients with their 
      orthodontic treatment at the Department of Orthodontics at the Academic Centre 
      for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) in the Netherlands. Materials and Methods: To 
      analyze differences in satisfaction through time, the results of patients treated 
      at ACTA in 2008 and 2009 were compared with the results of patients treated at 
      ACTA in 2000. A validated questionnaire about patient satisfaction was used. The 
      total scale was divided into six subscales. A questionnaire was sent to all 
      patients younger than 30 years who finished orthodontic treatment in 2008 and 
      2009 at ACTA. Results: The internal consistency of the total scale and the six 
      subscales of the questionnaire was satisfactory. Respondents scored highest on 
      items about satisfaction with the doctor-patient relationship (mean, 4.24; SD, 
      0.63) and lowest on items regarding their satisfaction with psychosocial 
      improvement (mean, 2.88; SD, 0.87). In contrast to the sample from 2000, gender 
      was no significant predictor of patient satisfaction. The results showed 
      significantly lower values on overall satisfaction and on all subscales, with 
      only one exception. On the subscale psychosocial improvement, females in the 
      present study had similar scores to females in 2000. Conclusions: The 
      doctor-patient relationship remains the most important factor contributing to 
      patient satisfaction. However, the results show that, overall, patients are less 
      satisfied with their orthodontic treatment than patients were a decade ago and 
      that gender differences no longer predict patient satisfaction.
FAU - Keles, Filiz
AU  - Keles F
AD  - a Resident in Orthodontics, Department of Orthodontics, Academic Centre for 
      Dentistry (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Free University, Amsterdam, The 
      Netherlands.
FAU - Bos, Annemieke
AU  - Bos A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120614
PL  - United States
TA  - Angle Orthod
JT  - The Angle orthodontist
JID - 0370550
EDAT- 2012/06/19 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/19 06:00
CRDT- 2012/06/19 06:00
PHST- 2012/06/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/06/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.2319/090811-582.1 [doi]
PST - aheadofprint
SO  - Angle Orthod. 2012 Jun 14. doi: 10.2319/090811-582.1.