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Possible predictors of dental patients' motivation for cooperation
Author(s) -
Camner Lars,
Sandell Rolf,
Söder PerÖsten
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1981.tb01050.x
Subject(s) - medicine , oral hygiene , outcome (game theory) , order (exchange) , dentistry , finance , economics , mathematics , mathematical economics
In order to find predictors of patient cooperation 40 dentists were asked, in personal interviews, to relate two cases each, one “successful” and one “unsuccessful”, outcome being mainly due to patient's response to motivation efforts. The variables which differentiated must clearly between “successful” and “unsuccessful” cases were, in decreasing order, patient's involvement, patient's psychological state, dentist's involvement, patient's physical state, patient's social relations and patient's general hygiene.