Table 5.
Evaluation of patient comfort during the distraction phase
| No. | Sex/age (yr) | Appliance and expectations | Complaints | People’s comments | Type of comments | Response to comments | Suffering? | Right decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F/23 | Yes | Pain, transient numbness | Always | Encouraging | Ignore | Not sure | Yes |
| 2 | F/22 | Yes | Pain | Always | Encouraging | Ignore | Not sure | Yes |
| 3 | F/24.4 | Yes | Pain | Always | Neutral | Ignore | Not sure | Yes |
| 4 | F/17 | Yes | Pain | Always | Neutral | Ignore | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | M/18 | Yes | Pain | Always | Encouraging | Ignore | No | Yes |
| 6 | M/19 | Yes | Pain | Sometimes | Encouraging | Ignore | No | Yes |
F, female; M, male.