Factors Influencing Patient Satisfaction in an Egyptian Sample After Orthodontic Treatment of Different Malocclusions

Patient Satisfaction Clinical Trial

Official title:

Factors Influencing Patient Satisfaction in an Egyptian Sample After Orthodontic Treatment of Different Malocclusions. An Observational Cross Sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04928768
• Other study ID #: 39012
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: November 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Amira Aboulnaga
• Phone: 00201000505688
• Email: amira_aboalnaga[@]dentistry.cu.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Previously, patient satisfaction with orthodontic treatment has been reported at a broad range of 34% to 95% but these values mostly represent satisfaction for tooth alignment or simple satisfaction with treatment results. In keeping with the increased focus on patient satisfaction, many other factors were put into consideration in our study which contributes to the level of total satisfaction as host factors, concerns regarding the treatment, treatment motivation and discomfort during or after treatment. There are also a lack of studies conducted for orthodontic treatment satisfaction using previously validated questionnaires as well as correlation between patient's treatment satisfaction and ABO grading hasn't been sufficiently discussed in the literature, this study aims to address that gap. It would be also beneficial to investigate the frequency of different malocclusions presented in a sample of postorthodontic patients as it will give an insight about the distribution of the different malocclusion treated within the clinic and the degree of success in treating such malocclusions.

Description:

Research Procedure in brief:

The following will be done for each participant:

Collection of patients telephone numbers:

Through the orthodontic department patient's database ensuring complete confidentiality. Telephoning the patients for follow ups after orthodontic treatment and asking them to fill in a questionnaire during their visit for explaining our aim for the study.

Personal data chart:

Including name, age, date of birth, mobile number and address. Examination of pretreatment records of the patients included in the sample to detect the type of malocclusion presented initially.

Orthodontic treatment satisfaction questionnaire:

The questionnaire is reviewed by faculty experts to determine whether the items in the questionnaire truly represent the items to be measured.

The translated questionnaire's face validation is led by the expert faculty members who are specialists in both English and Arabic guaranteeing clarity, intelligibility and comprehensiveness of items. This is significant in light of the fact that while performing any questionnaire in another setting, not all of the items may be compatible to Egyptian culture and lifestyles. In addition, a portion of items may not be applicable to specific age groups.

ABO Grading System Study models will be selected from the orthodontic department database. The post-treatment models will be assessed using the MGS of the American Board of Orthodontics.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 197
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female patients with different malocclusions who received and completed their fixed orthodontic treatment.

• Age: 16 years old or above.

• Patients who have completed their orthodontic treatment between November 2020 and November 2021.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who refuse to participate in the study.

• Patients below 16 years old.

• Illiterate patients.

• Patients who finished their treatment before November 2020 and after November 2021

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malocclusion
• Patient Satisfaction

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire
A validated questionnaire (five-point Likert scale) through 10 items developed by Lee et al 2018 is employed to measure the level of orthodontic treatment satisfaction in 10 items; overall satisfaction, tooth alignment, facial appearance, eating and chewing, confident smile and self-image, retention state, treatment duration, treatment costs, intention to recommend, and relief of previous concerns. Total satisfaction is calculated by averaging the Likert scores from the 10 items

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of Dentistry - Cairo university	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

References & Publications (4)

Al-Omiri MK, Abu Alhaija ES. Factors affecting patient satisfaction after orthodontic treatment. Angle Orthod. 2006 May;76(3):422-31. — View Citation

Feldmann I, List T, John MT, Bondemark L. Reliability of a questionnaire assessing experiences of adolescents in orthodontic treatment. Angle Orthod. 2007 Mar;77(2):311-7. — View Citation

Keles F, Bos A. Satisfaction with orthodontic treatment. Angle Orthod. 2013 May;83(3):507-11. doi: 10.2319/092112-754.1. Epub 2012 Nov 26. — View Citation

Lee R, Hwang S, Lim H, Cha JY, Kim KH, Chung CJ. Treatment satisfaction and its influencing factors among adult orthodontic patients. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2018 Jun;153(6):808-817. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2017.09.015. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Overall level of Orthodontic treatment satisfaction	unit of measurement: Likert Score form 1 to 5 (Qualitative- Ordinal)	1 year
Secondary	ABO grading of the finished cases	unit of measurement : ABO grading in points (Quantitative measures)	1 year