Predictors of patients' satisfaction after temporomandibular disorder treatment in a referral clinic

Background Evaluating patients' satisfaction after received care for temporomandibular disorders (TMD) pain provides oral health care professionals with knowledge and tools to improve their clinical procedures. However, knowledge on patient characteristics that determine satisfaction with the r...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Journal of oral rehabilitation Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 266 - 277
Main Authors:	Bousché, G., Koutris, M., Su, N., Verhoeff, M. C., Lobbezoo, F.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-02-2024
Subjects:	Chronic pain Chronic Pain - therapy Facial Pain - diagnosis Facial Pain - therapy Humans orofacial pain Pain pain management patient care management Patient Satisfaction Patients temporomandibular disorders Temporomandibular joint Temporomandibular joint disorders Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - diagnosis Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - therapy Treatment Outcome value based health care orofacial pain patient satisfaction pain management patient care management value based health care temporomandibular disorders
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	Background Evaluating patients' satisfaction after received care for temporomandibular disorders (TMD) pain provides oral health care professionals with knowledge and tools to improve their clinical procedures. However, knowledge on patient characteristics that determine satisfaction with the received care for TMD pain is lacking. Objective To identify potential baseline predictors for patients' satisfaction regarding the management of TMD pain upon treatment completion in a referral clinic. Methods Eligible patients, viz., individuals of ≥16 years of age, with a TMD‐pain diagnosis according the diagnostic criteria for TMD (DC/TMD), and who were treated in a referral clinic, were included. As part of their standard care, a set of diagnostic questionnaires was filled in (e.g. TMD‐pain screener, graded chronic pain scale (GCPS), etc.). After completion of the received care, patients filled in a custom‐made questionnaire based on patient reported experience measures (PREMs) to quantify their satisfaction with their treatment results and received care. To identify potential predictors associated with patients' satisfaction, univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were used. Results Twenty‐seven patients (mean 39.6, SD 15.0) were included in this study. Overall, the patients were satisfied with the treatment results and the received care. Depressive feelings were negatively associated with satisfaction of treatment results (p = .01) and positively associated with satisfaction of received care (p = .01), while pain intensity was negatively associated with satisfaction of the received care. Conclusion Depressive feelings are a significant negative predictor of patients' satisfaction with the treatment result for TMD pain, while average pain intensity is a significant negative predictor of patients' satisfaction with the received care. This study aims to identify potential baseline predictors for patients’ satisfaction regarding the management of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) pain upon treatment completion in a referral clinic. Depressive feelings were negatively associated with satisfaction of treatment results (p = .01) and positively with satisfaction of received care (p = .01). Pain intensity was negatively associated with satisfaction of the received care. Patients’ satisfaction with the treatment result was a significant positive predictor for patients’ satisfaction with the received care, and vice versa.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0305-182X 1365-2842
DOI:	10.1111/joor.13600