Awartani Fatin
Division of Periodontics of the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences at the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2003 Nov 15;4(4):100-7.
The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of broken appointments of female and male patients scheduled for third, fourth, and fifth year dental students. Data was obtained from computers used for patient scheduling at two campuses of the dental college. The proportion of broken appointments at these facilities was computed using the X2 -test to determine a difference between males and females. Results showed that male patients (14.9%) had a higher proportion of broken appointments than female patients (12.4%). Such differences among gender was statistically significant (p=4.218). The highest percentage of broken appointments was during December of 2001. Thirty four percent of these broken appointments were in the Restorative Clinic at the Darraiyah Campus (DUC) serving primarily male patients and 24% in the Removable Partial Denture Clinic at the Malaz Campus (MUC) serving only female patients. It was concluded the percentage of broken appointment s is considered to be unacceptable because of the negative impact on student learning and, ultimately, their academic progress.
本研究旨在确定为牙科三、四、五年级学生安排的男女患者爽约的发生率。数据来自牙科学院两个校区用于患者预约安排的计算机。使用X²检验计算这些机构的爽约比例，以确定男性和女性之间的差异。结果显示，男性患者（14.9%）的爽约比例高于女性患者（12.4%）。这种性别差异具有统计学意义（p = 4.218）。爽约率最高的是2001年12月。这些爽约中有34%发生在主要为男性患者服务的达拉伊亚校区（DUC）的修复科诊所，24%发生在仅为女性患者服务的马拉兹校区（MUC）的可摘局部义齿科诊所。研究得出结论，由于对学生学习以及最终对他们的学业进展产生负面影响，爽约率被认为是不可接受的。
