PMID- 23181757
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131028
LR  - 20240405
IS  - 1945-7103 (Electronic)
IS  - 0003-3219 (Print)
IS  - 0003-3219 (Linking)
VI  - 83
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 May
TI  - Satisfaction with orthodontic treatment.
PG  - 507-11
LID - 10.2319/092112-754.1 [doi]
AB  - 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). Compared to the results of the sample from 2000, significant 
      differences were found on the subscales doctor-patient relationship, residual 
      category, and psychosocial improvement as well as on the total sum scale. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The doctor-patient relationship remains the most important factor 
      contributing to patient satisfaction. However, the results show that, overall, 
      patients are more satisfied with their orthodontic treatment than patients were a 
      decade ago.
FAU - Keles, Filiz
AU  - Keles F
AD  - Department of Orthodontics, Academic Centre for Dentistry (ACTA), University of 
      Amsterdam and Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 
      filiz_keles@hotmail.com
FAU - Bos, Annemieke
AU  - Bos A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20121126
PL  - United States
TA  - Angle Orthod
JT  - The Angle orthodontist
JID - 0370550
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - *Dentist-Patient Relations
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Netherlands
MH  - *Orthodontics, Corrective/trends
MH  - Patient Satisfaction/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC8763066
EDAT- 2012/11/28 06:00
MHDA- 2013/10/29 06:00
PMCR- 2013/05/01
CRDT- 2012/11/28 06:00
PHST- 2012/11/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/11/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/10/29 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 092112-754-092112-754.1-angl-83_3_507 [pii]
AID - 10.2319/092112-754.1 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Angle Orthod. 2013 May;83(3):507-11. doi: 10.2319/092112-754.1. Epub 2012 Nov 26.