Objective: The study is conducted to explore various expectations of patients and their parents from orthodontic treatment. At the same time, the socio-demographic structure of the patient population of the region will be tried to be revealed with questions to be asked to the parents and the relationship between demographic data and expectations of patients from orthodontic treatment will be questioned. Material and Methods: Patients and their accompanying primary careers who applied to the Orthodontics Clinic of Gaziantep University Dentistry Faculty and had not received orthodontic treatment yet were been included in this study. To evaluate the expectancies from the treatment outcome, knowledge of the treatment process and general information about possible side effects of the treatment a questionnaire consist of ten questions was conducted on 120 patients (mean age 13.9± 0.8 years) and their 120 parents. Moreover, educational status, the profession of the parents and monthly income of the family were asked extra to the parents to form the socio-demographic data. The results were explained with descriptive statistics, and while Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test was used to compare the expectation difference between patient and parents, Chisquare test was used for understanding the relationship between socio-demographic data and patient expectations. Results: A large group of patients and their parents hoped to wear braces at the first appointment and thought that they are going to have fixed orthodontic treatment. It was seen patients did not have much information about the possible side effects of treatment while those with knowledge seems to have not too much concern in this regard. The popular reasons for seeking orthodontic treatment were to have well-aligned teeth and have a nice smile for both patients and their parents. The patient portfolio addressed in this survey is a group of patients who are below the country average socio-demographic structure. Conclusion: Patients and their parents seem to have similar expectations for orthodontic treatment. The low socio-demographic structure of the patient portfolio of university hospitals necessitates more detailed patient information with a simpler language. If this questionnaire is applicable in the whole country; the results will be far from being regional.
Keywords: Survey; orthodontics
Amaç: Bu çalışma, hastaların ve ebeveynlerinin ortodontik tedaviden beklentilerini araştırmak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Aynı zamanda velilere sorulacak sorular ile bölge hasta popülasyonunun sosyo-demografik yapısı ortaya konmaya çalışılarak demografik veriler ile hastaların ortodontik tedaviden beklentileri arasındaki ilişki sorgulanacaktır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya Gaziantep Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi Ortodonti Kliniği'ne başvuran ve henüz ortodontik tedavisine başlanmayan hastalar ve hasta velileri dahil edilmiştir. Tedavi sonucundan beklentileri, tedavi süreci hakkındaki bilgi düzeyini ve tedavinin olası yan etkileri hakkında genel bilgilerin sorgulanabilmesi amacıyla 120 hasta (ortalama yaş 13,9±0,8 yıl) ve 120 ebeveyne 10 sorudan oluşan bir anket yöneltilmiştir. Ayrıca, ailelerin eğitim durumu, anne-baba mesleği ve aylık geliri, sosyo-demografik verileri oluşturmak için ebeveynlere fazladan sorulmuştur. Sonuçlar tanımlayıcı istatistikler ile açıklanmış ve hasta ve ebeveynler arasındaki beklenti farklılığını karşılaştırmak için Wilcoxon Signed Ranks testi, sosyo-demografik veriler ile hasta beklentileri ilişkilendirilirken ise Ki-kare testi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Büyük bir grup hasta ilk randevuda diş tellerinin takılmasını beklemekte ve sabit ortodontik tedavi göreceğini düşünmektedir. Hastaların tedavinin olası yan etkileri hakkında fazla bilgi sahibi olmadığı, bilgi sahibi olanların ise bu konuda fazla kaygı duymadığı görülmüştür. İyi hizalanmış dişlere ve hoş bir gülümsemeye sahip olmak ortodontik tedavi görmek için popüler nedenler arasındadır. Bu ankette ele alınan hasta portföyünün, ülke ortalama sosyo-demografik yapısının altında olan bir grup hasta olduğu saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Hastalar ve ebeveynleri ortodontik tedaviden benzer beklentilere sahiptirler. Üniversite hastanelerinin hasta portföyünün düşük sosyo-demografik yapısı, daha detaylı hasta bilgilendirmesi ve daha basit bir dil kullanımını gerektirmektedir. Bu anket tüm ülkede uygulanabilir ise; sonuçların bölgesel olmaktan uzaklaşacağı düşünülmektedir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Anket; ortodonti
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