Analysis of Patient Seeking Second Opinion Who Are Undergoing Full Mouth Orthodontic Treatment

NCT01538524 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 201109008RB
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 30
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Patient safety is a great concern for the whole society. Since the investigators have a leadership in the medical field in Taiwan, the investigators should be courageous to face the reality from the patients seeking second opinions undergoing orthodontic treatment. Orthodontics just became a recognized specialty by the Department of Health in Taiwan in 2009. It is just a beginning to set up the training course criteria at the national level. It will be a good timing for us to look at the treatment quality when patients seeking second opinions at NTUH. Whether the unsatisfied results are from the patient's unrealistic expectation, patient's compliance issue, doctor's diagnosis, treatment planning or skills, or a simple communication problem, depend on a good systemic analysis from the records and questionnaire collected in a timely fashion. The investigators plan to ask patients who are undergoing full-mouth orthodontic treatment and seeking second opinion to join this study. The investigators will thoroughly explain to patients before they agree to take records and fill in questionnaire. Then the investigators use these records to perform root cause analysis. Our hypothesis is that the risk of adverse event (AE) is related to the training quality, communication skills, patient's understanding and compliance. From these results, the investigators shall be able to assess the risk of AE and make the education policy either at continued education level or special training courses towards a patient satisfied treatment.

Conditions

Malocclusion

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients who are not under full mouth fixed orthodontic treatment in National Taiwan University Hospital

You may qualify if:

• Patients who are not under full mouth fixed orthodontic treatment in National Taiwan University Hospital

You may not qualify if:

• Patient who only had partial orthodontic treatment
• Pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malocclusion

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tooth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Study Officials

• Pi-Huei Liu

  National Taiwan University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Pi-Huei Liu

CONTACT

886-23562347; 017468@ntuh.gov.tw

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 20, 2012
• First Posted: February 24, 2012
• Study Start: February 1, 2012
• Study Completion: February 1, 2014
• Last Updated: February 24, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-01