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Table 3 Treatments prescribed and performed, and compliance according to the main risk factor studied

From: Team care to cure adolescents with braces (avoiding low quality of life, pain and bad compliance): a case–control retrospective study. 2011 SOSORT Award winner

 

TEAM

NOT

P

Bracing

Prescription

hours per day

17.2 ± 3.6

17.7 ± 4.1

NS

 

Done

 

16.8 ± 3.7

14.8 ± 4.9

NS

 

Reduction once a week

 

0.5 ± 0.7

3.8 ± 4.3

<0.05

Exercises

Prescription

session/month

10.5 ± 6.3

13.7 ± 12.6

NS

 

Done

 

7.9 ± 3.7

7.8 ± 4.0

NS

 

Done

minutes/session

38.5 ± 12.6

20.0 ± 13.5

<0.05

Compliance

Bracing

%

97 ± 6

80 ± 24

<0.05

 

Exercises

 

69 ± 34

50 ± 39

NS

  1. Average ± standard deviation. TEAM: patients treated by a complete team respecting the SOSORT criteria (score: excellent); NOT: patients treated in a team not respecting the SOSORT criteria (score: insufficient). (NS: Not Significant).