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Table 3 Compliance and brace prescription in the two main groups studied

From: In defense of adolescents: They really do use braces for the hours prescribed, if good help is provided. Results from a prospective everyday clinic cohort using thermobrace

 

First brace prescription

Already in brace

 

Hours

%

Hours

%

Referred compliance before starting the study

   

93.1

    

(65.2-105.4)

Brace prescription

23

18

 

(18–23)

(15.9-23)

Actual referred compliance

23

100

17

100

 

(14.7-23)

(70.7-100)

(13.9-23)

(73.1-104.6)

Measured compliance

21

91.7

16.4

91.3

 

(11–23)

(56.6-101.7)

(11.2-22.2)

(56.8-112.3)

  1. Compliance and brace prescription in the two main groups studied. The reported data are median and 95% interval of confidence.