Novaes A B, de Lima F R, Novaes A B
Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
J Periodontol. 1996 Oct;67(10):976-80. doi: 10.1902/jop.1996.67.10.976.
This is a retrospective study of 418 patients who received active periodontal treatment between the years of 1984 and 1990. The patients were instructed to return for supportive periodontal treatment (SPT) at 3 to 6-month intervals. The objective of this study was to evaluate patient compliance with periodic recall visits, and to study the relationship of bleeding upon probing in those who returned regularly. The patients were divided into 3 groups: patients who returned periodically for supportive treatment, patients who interrupted the proposed maintenance treatment, and patients who never returned after active periodontal treatment. Analysis was made for each group to correlate the degree of compliance with gender, disease classification, and type of treatment received. To analyze bleeding upon probing, 2 groups of patients were selected: a test group with 39 patients who had attended at least 10 recall visits and participated in the study for more than 40 months, and a control group of 21 patients who interrupted the SPT for at least 12 months. The results showed that 26% of the treated patients returned for SPT and, of those, 40% returned irregularly. There was a statistical significant difference in compliance in relation to disease classification and the type of treatment received, but no correlation was found between compliance and gender. There was a statistically significant difference in compliance between the test group and the control group in relation to the variation of the bleeding index.
这是一项对418例在1984年至1990年间接受积极牙周治疗患者的回顾性研究。患者被要求每隔3至6个月返回接受支持性牙周治疗（SPT）。本研究的目的是评估患者对定期复诊的依从性，并研究定期复诊患者探诊出血情况之间的关系。患者被分为3组：定期返回接受支持性治疗的患者、中断建议维持治疗的患者以及在积极牙周治疗后从未返回的患者。对每组进行分析，以关联依从程度与性别、疾病分类和接受的治疗类型。为了分析探诊出血情况，选择了2组患者：一个试验组有39例患者至少参加了10次复诊且参与研究超过40个月，一个对照组有21例患者中断SPT至少12个月。结果显示，26%的接受治疗患者返回接受SPT，其中40%返回不规律。在依从性方面，疾病分类和接受的治疗类型存在统计学显著差异，但依从性与性别之间未发现相关性。试验组和对照组在出血指数变化方面的依从性存在统计学显著差异。
