Stacey D C, Slome B A, Musgrave D
J Dent Educ. 1978 Nov;42(11):609-17.
Failure of dental patients to complete their treatment challenges the efficient use of human and clinic resources, expectations of improved patients' health, and the dentist's effective management of his patients. Accordingly, the present study was undertaken to explore factors which might account for adult patients not completing their treatment at the University of North Carolina dental school. These factors were simultaneously considered as determinants of completed treatment. Possible explanations were considered from providers' (dental students') as well as inactive patients' points of view. Results revealed substantial agreement between patients and students, and yielded the following general determinants of treatment completion: patient's availability for treatment, how cooperative or treatable the patient was, and the patient's satisfaction with treatment. Demographic explanations were minimal. The findings can guide efforts to refine present methods of patient screening and patient management as practiced by dental students and their preceptors.
牙科患者未能完成治疗，这对人力和诊所资源的有效利用、改善患者健康状况的期望以及牙医对患者的有效管理提出了挑战。因此，本研究旨在探讨可能导致北卡罗来纳大学牙科学院成年患者未完成治疗的因素。这些因素同时被视为完成治疗的决定因素。从提供者（牙科学生）以及未接受治疗患者的角度考虑了可能的解释。结果显示患者和学生之间存在很大的一致性，并得出了以下治疗完成的一般决定因素：患者接受治疗的可及性、患者的合作程度或可治疗性以及患者对治疗的满意度。人口统计学方面的解释微乎其微。这些发现可为完善牙科学生及其带教老师目前所采用的患者筛查和患者管理方法提供指导。
