Table 9.
Predictors of high patient satisfaction with dentures and good oral health-related quality of life among patients after 3 months of receiving dentures
| Predictors of high patient satisfaction with dentures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | OR (95% CI) | P | B | SE | Wald |
| Psychological factors | |||||
| Reference-low stress | 0.293 | 2.455 | |||
| Moderate stress | 3.44 (0.53-22.38) | 0.195 | 1.236 | 0.955 | 1.676 |
| Severe stress | 1.76 (0.22-13.92) | 0.592 | 0.565 | 1.055 | 0.287 |
| Reference-low self-efficacy | |||||
| High self-efficacy | 0.72 (0.27-1.95) | 0.521 | -0.325 | 0.506 | 0.412 |
| Dentist communication skills | |||||
| Reference-poor patient satisfaction with dentist communication skills (ABIM) | |||||
| Good patient satisfaction with dentist communication skills (ABIM) | 0.08 (0.03-0.21) | 0.000 | -2.548 | 0.491 | 26.902 |
| Technical quality of denture | |||||
| Reference-poor expert rated denture quality (FAD) | |||||
| Good expert rated denture quality (FAD) | 0.64 (0.02-22.61) | 0.807 | -0.443 | 1.817 | 0.060 |
| Constant | 1.90 | 0.526 | 0.644 | 1.016 | 0.401 |
| Predictors of good oral health-related quality of life | |||||
| Variables | OR (95% CI) | P | B | SE | Wald |
| Psychological factors | |||||
| Reference-low self-efficacy | |||||
| High self-efficacy | 1.98 (0.73-5.37) | 0.178 | 0.684 | 0.508 | 1.812 |
| Personality domains | |||||
| Reference-conscientiousness –low | |||||
| Conscientiousness – high | 2.22 (0.75-6.56) | 0.147 | 0.800 | 0.552 | 2.099 |
| Reference-neuroticism –low | 0.208 | 3.138 | |||
| Neuroticism – average | 0.77 (0.17-3.49) | 0.736 | −0.259 | 0.769 | 0.114 |
| Neuroticism – high | 1.87 (0.43-8.22) | 0.407 | 0.627 | 0.755 | 0.688 |
| Communication skills | |||||
| Reference-poor patient satisfaction with dentist communication skills (ABIM) | |||||
| Good patient satisfaction with dentist communication skills (ABIM) | 0.66 (0.20-2.15) | 0.486 | −0.421 | 0.604 | 0.485 |
| Reference-poor patient satisfaction with dentures (SCDRQ) | |||||
| Good patient satisfaction with dentures (SCDRQ) | 6.80 (2.09-22.15) | 0.001 | 1.917 | 0.603 | 10.111 |
| Technical quality of denture | |||||
| Reference- poor expert rated denture quality (FAD) | |||||
| Good expert rated denture quality (FAD) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.999 | −20.127 | 26329.546 | 0.000 |
| Constant | 0.12 | 0.010 | −2.162 | 0.841 | 6.618 |
Model fit: P=0.000, R2=0.431. OR: Odds ratio, FAD: Functional assessment of denture, ABIM: American Board of Internal Medicine, CI: Confidence interval, SE: Standard error