Measuring Beliefs about Orthodontic Treatment: A Questionnaire Approach

Melgaço

et al. 2014

The Angle Orthodontist

Objective: To evaluate the impact of the first 8 months of orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance on the families of adolescent patients and to examine the evaluative properties of the Family Impact Scale (FIS). Materials and Methods: The study involved a sample of 94 parents/caregivers of adolescents undergoing orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance. The participants were asked to answer the Brazilian version of the FIS before treatment (T1) and 8 months after the bonding of the fixed appliance (T2). Statistical analysis was carried out using the Wilcoxon signed rank test and the Bonferroni correction for the overall score and FIS subscales. Responsiveness of the measure and the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) were also assessed. Results: Among the 94 participants initially admitted to the present study, two were excluded as a result of treatment dropout and failure to return the second questionnaire. Thus, a sample of 92 parents/caregivers participated (response rate: 97.8%). Among the 92 participants, 70 were the mothers of patients, 16 were fathers, and six were other family members. Statistically significant improvements were found in the overall score (P , .001) as well as in both parental activity and parental emotions subscales (P , .001). The reductions in scores were associated with effect sizes showing moderate clinically meaningful changes in the overall FIS and in the parental/family activity, parental emotions, and family conflict subscales. The MCID was 2.66 for the overall FIS. Conclusion: The first 8 months of orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance had a positive impact on the families of adolescents.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of the first eight months of orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance on the families of adolescent patients

Melgaço

et al. 2014

The Angle Orthodontist

“…psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics), (29) or the impact of pain during treatment on quality of life. (30) Moreover, previously published valid and reliable questionnaires have limitations, for example some of these questionnaires are age specific (28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36). Other limitations are related to the aims of existing questionnaires developed for cross-sectional use to measure either motivation, expectations, experiences, or satisfaction (28-37).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…With regard to the validation methods, some studies have depended solely on face validity (31,32,34,35,37), which may not be robust enough to fully assess the validity of questionnaires when compared to the content validity process. Mandall et al (33) assumed their questionnaire measuring the impact of fixed appliance on daily life as having face and content validity; however, this was based only on the method of development without using any formal validity assessment.…”

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confidence: 99%

Three questionnaires to assess the perception of fixed orthodontic therapy before, during and after treatment: validity and reliability

Yassir

McIntyre

Bearn

2016

EORTHO

SummaryBackground/objective: To assess the validity and reliability of a series of three questionnaires for the quantification of patient perception of fixed appliance orthodontic treatment. Subjects and methods:The study was carried out at the University of Dundee with content and face validity being assessed using proformas. Initially ten experts (Orthodontic Specialists) assessed content validity with 11 professionals (seven Orthodontic Specialists and four Postgraduates) and 20 patients assessing face validity. Content validity was determined according to the values of item-level content validity index (I-CVI) and scale-level CVI (S-CVI/Ave), while specially designed feedback forms were used for face validation. Internal consistency determined the reliability of the questionnaires according to the value of Cronbach alpha correlation coefficient test. The three questionnaires were then modified according to the recommendations of professionals and patients with seven experts reassessing content validity and ten newly selected patients assessing face validity. Results: The first round of content validity revealed that around half of the items in the questionnaires were not valid. Therefore, the questionnaires were not valid as a whole (S-CVI/Ave = 0.60). After modifying the questionnaires and removing the non-valid items, the new versions of the Pretreatment, Orthodontic Experience, and Post-treatment Questionnaires showed high levels of face validity, content validity (S-CVI/Ave: 0.99, 0.97, and 0.99, respectively) and good levels of internal consistency (α = 0.86, 0.78, and 0.88, respectively). Limitation: The patient sample was collected from a single university clinic and from one city within the UK and this could affect the generalizability of the results. Conclusion: Three content valid and reliable questionnaires have been developed and validated for the evaluation of patient perception of fixed appliance orthodontic treatment. Implications: Unlike other tools that assess oral health quality of life, this series of three questionnaires assess the perception of fixed appliance orthodontic treatment before, during and after treatment.

“…Orthodontics is defined as branch of dentistry that deals with correction of malocclusion, in order, w h e n e v e r p o s s i b l e ; t o a c h i e v e functionally appropriate occlusion and optimum dental and facial aesthetics Previous studies have revealed that patient/parent expectations from orthodontic treatments are to get better facial or dental appearance, dental health and oral function 13,14 . Improvement of Descriptive analysis was done and total number and percentages were presented.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Expectation of patient with malocclusion from orthodontic treatment: a descriptive cross-sectional survey among private dental clinics in India

Reddy¹,

Bahar²,

Choudhary³

et al. 2017

J. res. dent.

Aim: The study is conducted to explore various expectations of patients with malocclusion from Orthodontic treatment.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among 350 Patients with malocclusion seeking Orthodontic treatment in various private clinics of Jodhpur city. Questionnaire consists of three parts assessing the expectation of patients from Orthodontic treatment.Results: Majority of study participants {211(60%)} belongs to age group of 16-19 years. Among all study participants 248 (71%) were females. Majority of study participants {233(67%)} expects there Orthodontic treatment duration to be 1-2 years. 148(42%) of study participants expects their Orthodontic treatment to be very traumatic while 134(38%) of study participants expects very less side effects from Orthodontic treatment. Majority of Study participants {189(54%)} expects an excellent improvement from Orthodontic treatment. Attitude of orthodontist was positive for 175 (50%) study participants.Conclusions: Expectation of the patients towards Orthodontic treatment and Orthodontist were positive and are satisfied about their treatment. Most of the patients had realistic expectations regarding their Orthodontic treatment which can be fulfilled by the Orthodontists.