| Title | Factors influencing postoperative satisfaction of orthognathic surgery patients. | | Author(s) | Chen B, Zhang ZK, Wang X | | Institution | Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology Peking University Beijing, China. md_bochen@sina.com | | Source | Int J Adult Orthodon Orthognath Surg 2002; 17(3):217-22. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Attitude to Health
Chi-Square Distribution
Educational Status
Esthetics
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Motivation
Oral Surgical Procedures
Pain, Postoperative
Patient Participation
Patient Satisfaction
Personality
Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Social Support
Statistics, Nonparametric
| | Abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the postoperative satisfaction of orthognathic surgery patients and related factors. The authors assessed 108 orthognathic surgery patients using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Symptom Checklist 90 preoperatively. The degree of deformity, expectations for surgery, and support of significant others were also evaluated before surgery. The patients were given questionnaires at 4 time points, from 10 days to 1 year after surgery. A multiple regression test was used to analyze the relative importance of psychologic factors and other variables in explaining the degree of patients'satisfaction with surgery. Postoperative satisfaction was high and increased with time. Patients with more education and more severe deformities reported greater satisfaction. During the early stage after surgery, patients with a high degree of interpersonal sensitivity, whose close relatives did not support surgery, or who accepted surgery passively tended to be more dissatisfied. Patients who had realistic expectations were more satisfied in the long term. Complications such as pain and swelling influenced patients' satisfaction soon after surgery, whereas the responses of people around the patients influenced their satisfaction at all stages postoperatively. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 12353939 |
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