Alwadei Saleh H, Almotiry Khalid, AlMawash Amjad, Alwadei Farhan H, Alwadei Abdurahman H
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Patient Prefer Adherence. 2021 Feb 5;15:251-258. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S293351. eCollection 2021.
Dentofacial problems have a definitive impact on patients' psychological well-being, quality of life, and satisfaction. Therefore, patients' satisfaction with their dentition should be an essential goal for dental caregivers.
To compare parental satisfaction with their children's rapid palatal expansion treatment outcome provided by orthodontists and pediatric dentists.
The authors reviewed 605 medical records and contacted 134 parents whose children received early orthodontic treatment from orthodontists and pediatric dentists using a rapid palatal expander. Eighty-eight parents (65.7%) responded to a validated questionnaire about patients' satisfaction with orthodontic treatment outcomes.
At baseline; there were no significant differences in relation to parent-related demographic variables. However, there were statistically significant differences between patients' ages and treatment duration ( < 0.001). Independent -tests showed statistically significant differences in the means for the subscales of doctor-patient relationship and situational aspects ( < 0.05). Spearman's rho correlation coefficients and multivariate linear regression analysis showed that the overall satisfaction is significantly related to, and can be predicted by, parents' educational level, child's gender, and the specialty of the dentist who provided the treatment ( < 0.05).
Overall parental satisfaction with their children's rapid palatal expansion treatment is significantly higher when provided by pediatric dentists as compared with orthodontists. Factors related to doctor-patient relationship and situational aspects (ie, office location and design, appointment waiting, and treatment duration) significantly impacted parental satisfaction.
牙颌面问题对患者的心理健康、生活质量和满意度有决定性影响。因此，患者对其牙列的满意度应是牙科护理人员的一个重要目标。
比较正畸医生和儿童牙医为患儿进行快速腭扩展治疗的效果后，家长的满意度。
作者查阅了605份病历，并联系了134名家长，这些家长的孩子接受了正畸医生和儿童牙医使用快速腭扩展器进行的早期正畸治疗。88名家长（65.7%）回复了一份关于患者对正畸治疗效果满意度的有效问卷。
在基线时，与家长相关的人口统计学变量没有显著差异。然而，患者年龄和治疗持续时间之间存在统计学显著差异（<0.001）。独立t检验显示医患关系和情境方面子量表的均值存在统计学显著差异（<0.05）。斯皮尔曼等级相关系数和多元线性回归分析表明，总体满意度与家长的教育水平、孩子的性别以及提供治疗的牙医专业显著相关，并且可以由这些因素预测（<0.05）。
与正畸医生相比，由儿童牙医为患儿进行快速腭扩展治疗时，家长的总体满意度显著更高。与医患关系和情境方面（即诊所位置和设计、预约等待时间和治疗持续时间）相关的因素对家长满意度有显著影响。
