Table 2.

Comparisons of G-MISS score and dimension scores according to patient characteristics and consultation characteristics (n=109). Data are mean (SD).

Variable	Total G-MISS	Relief	Communication	Compliance
Total	82.12 (7.96)	80.71 (10.71)	85.59 (8.36)	77.41 (14.28)
Gender:
Male	82.14 (7.32)	80.87 (9.41)	84.86 (8.27)	79.08 (14.52)
Female	82.11 (8.51)	80.57 (11.74)	86.18 (8.45)	76.04 (14.05)
t -test	0.983	0.887	0.416	0.271
Age:
18-23	85.93 (0)	84.37 (0)	87.5 (0)	87.5 (0)
24-32	85.54 (9.23)	87.5 (6.75)	86.46 (12.44)	75 (20.41)
33-46	81.73 (9.59)	79.47 (12.41)	85.25 (9.41)	79.81 (17.33)
47-74	81.33 (8.21)	79.32 (11.36)	85.55 (8.24)	76.67 (14.82)
>75	83.26 (6.74)	82.86 (8.76)	85.61 (8.18)	77.82 (11.51)
ANOVA	0.699	0.393	0.998	0.888
Theme:
TMJ	88.44 (7.04)	87.5 (4.94)	90.83 (9.18)	85 (10.46)
Oral medicine	82.52 (7.46)	79.58 (11.83)	87.21 (6.39)	80.23 (13.42)
Oncology	80.26 (8.18)	79.72 (10.32)	83.02 (9.24)	74.08 (13.80)
Trauma	78.64 (9.36)	78.65 (12.08)	81.94 (6.27)	68.75 (17.23)
Dentoalveolar	84.57 (6.04)	82.81 (5.76)	89.06 (7.69)	78.13 (14.56)
Cutaneous malignancy	86.97 (8.07)	89.06 (8.55)	86.11 (11.07)	81.25 (18.96)
ANOVA	0.082	0.219	0.072	0.155
Clinician level:
SHO	80.64 (10.11)	77.43 (15.02)	87.5 (7.69)	72.91 (16.18)
Registrar	81.94 (6.49)	81.01 (8.13)	85.03 (6.56)	76.38 (14.01)
Consultant	82.62 (7.92)	81.49 (10.22)	85.28 (9.21)	79.10 (13.73)
ANOVA	0.647	0.361	0.569	0.246
Type of Consultation:
New patient	76.56 (14.98)	73.21 (18.99)	85.71 (12.70)	62.5 (21.65)
Review	82.51 (7.22)	81.21 (9.85)	85.58 (8.07)	78.43 (13.18)
ANOVA	0.056	0.055	0.967	0.004

These are the ANOVA and T tests used to compare the values. The test results are discussed in the Methods- analysis section