Table 2.

Patient satisfaction questionnaire

Item	Assessment contents and grading standard
	Excellent-3	Good-2	Acceptable-1	Poor-0
Patient comfort	Very comfortable	Occasional irritation	Medium irritation	Bad experience wearing cast
Patient compliance	Strong willingness to try new cast	Minor doubt	Dubious but complied	Accepted reluctantly
Patient preference between 3D–printed cast and conventional plaster cast	Opted for 3D–printed cast without hesitation	Preferred a 3D–printed cast to a plaster cast	Either cast is acceptable	Insisted on using conventional cast
Cast odour and smell	None	Slight cast odour	Smelly cast after heavy sweating	Stinky cast
Skin itchiness	No itch	Rarely itchy	Frequent itch but tolerable	Severely itchy