Yulia Bogdanova Peeva
Public Health Medical University, Bulgaria
Title: Awareness and motivation for orthodontic treatment investigated with Q-methodology
Biography
Biography: Yulia Bogdanova Peeva
Abstract
Objectives: Th e aim of this investigation is to evaluate patient’s attitudes and demand for orthodontic treatment with Q–
methodology.
Study Design: Prospective cohort study.
Materials and methods: Th e two-phase method of Stein has been used in order to calculate the number of parents. At the fi rst
stage, we have used a sample of 50 children, set the standard deviation (SD) based on age and standard error (SE) with quality
variables. At the second stage, a formula has been applied to calculate the number of observations, P (u) = 0.95, Sx=3.45 and
Δ=0.5. Th e study was conducted on 259 children.
Results: By the adolescents opinion, the most important reason is aesthetics and here their expectations from the outcomes are
very high, rxy=0.93 (P=0.000). Th e subjective factors as "I want to have upright teeth" rxy = 0.90 and "I want to look perfect by
growing up" rxy = 0.82 show high correlation coeffi cients. Th ese correlation coeffi cients are a reason for a summary that highly
sophisticated and motivated patients who are aware of the successful social realization and thanks to the beauty of the smile
and the perfect vision are involved to the sample.
Conclusions: Th e following four factors have been outlined by Q-methodology to determine the motivation of the children:
• "Aesthetics and Conscious Need";
• "Aesthetics and social realization";
• "Striving for perfection";
• "Aesthetics and importance of foreign opinion".