Table 3 Comparing the perspectives on dental service by patient type
Perspectives | N (%) | χ2 | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Patient type | ||||
PAOE (n = 286) | Control (n = 130) | ||||
Satisfaction | |||||
“Agree” | 365 (87.5) | 237 (82.9) | 127 (97.7) | 18.463 | < 0.001*** |
“Non-committal” or “disagree” | 32 (7.7) | 29 (10.1) | 3 (2.3) | ||
No response | 20 (4.8) | 20 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Recommendation | |||||
“Agree” | 353 (84.9) | 230 (80.4) | 123 (94.6) | 15.353 | < 0.001*** |
“Non-committal” or “disagree” | 46 (11.1) | 39 (13.6) | 7 (5.4) | ||
No response | 17 (4.1) | 17 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Necessity | |||||
“Agree” | -- | 240(83.9) | -- | -- | -- |
“Non-committal” or “disagree” | -- | 28(9.8) | -- | ||
No response | -- | 18(6.3) | -- | ||