The estimation was run at first to compare the groups with and without a post-procedure communication (primary outcome).
A post-procedure communication between the orthodontist and the patients demonstrates that the orthodontist is concerned about patient's well-being, increasing patient's satisfaction, and improving orthodontist-patient relation.
The first group served as control and did not receive any post-procedure communication, the second group received a structured text message giving reassurance, and the third group received a structured telephone call.
The sample size was estimated a priori assuming a PI difference of 0.64 as reported from Eppright et al. [15] between the two groups of patients receiving a post-procedure communication and controls.
The aim of this study was to investigate in a short period of time the effects of a post-procedure communication on the oral hygiene compliance in a cohort of participants who underwent orthodontic treatments.
The plaque index at T1 of the control group was compared to the one at T1 of the patients, who received a post-procedure communication, to evaluate if a follow-up communication after orthodontic treatment may be an effective tool to increase oral hygiene compliance.
Such elements are: inappropriate design, training, procedures, communication, safety culture, management in the production process changes, emergency planning, accident investigation, environmental factors, maintenance workload and human system interface.
Operational costs of the laser ranging network are being reduced by an increased degree of automation of the tracking stations, which requires improvements in station hardware and software, operational procedures, communication, and prediction accuracy.
In our country, the "Medical Graduate in Portugal" is a document that defined 112 competences organised in five domains (knowledge, professional attitudes and behaviour, clinical skills and practical procedures, communication skills and general skills (Victorino et al. 2005).
These are reported in the tables 1 to 4. The questionnaire has been structured around the three dimensions of the fairness theory: procedures, communication and outcome.
