Background: Patient satisfaction is a crucial indicator of the quality of healthcare services and plays a significant role in patient loyalty, treatment adherence, and overall healthcare outcomes. This study aims to assess patient satisfaction in the outpatient department of a he...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i121155
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Chinyere Ututu, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Marian Orikpete, Adetayo E. Fasakin, Benjamin O. Okino & Chikamaram O. Okino·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: Accelerated orthodontics has been receiving increased interest in the global orthodontic community recently, but the knowledge and practice of it is still very limited among orthodontists and the orthodontic patients. Aim: To assess the satisfaction of some Nigerian o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71063
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Marian Orikpete, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Chinyere Ututu, Benjamin O. Okino & Augusta Mbagwu·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: The idea of accelerated orthodontics is to modify the bone temporarily to enable teeth move faster in the jaws so as to shorten the orthodontic treatment time. With the increasing global interests in patients’ concerns about the duration of conventional orthodontic tr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71052
Chukwudi O. Onyeaso, Babatope Bamidele Osagbemiro, Chinyere Ututu, Emmanuel Chukwuma, Marian Orikpete, Benjamin O. Okino & Chikamaram O. Okino·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Background: There is growing attention globally on the satisfaction of orthodontic patients about the duration of orthodontic treatment, and the importance of accelerated orthodontics but more information is needed concerning factors that could influence the patients. Aim: To inv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71053
Aims: This study aimed at assessing the perceived quality of free health services and satisfaction amongst elderly people. Study Design: Cross-sectional research design was employed. Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted in Dodoma District, Tanzania from September – No...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71040
Background: The duration of orthodontic treatment with its attendant complications has been a subject of concern in the specialty of orthodontics, necessitating the need to quicken the rate of orthodontic tooth movement. Despite the growing acceptance of accelerated orthodontics,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i12955
Afolalu, Olamide Olajumoke, Akinwale, Oladayo Damilola, Makinde, Scholastica Omobolaji, Olawale, Stephen Gbadebo, Folami, Roseline Olufunmilola & Orunmuyi, Idowu Janet·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Aims: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex, debilitating and chronic illness that presents substantial challenges to every individual living with the condition. The impact of DM reaches far beyond the physical symptoms of the disease, often the emotional distress and psychosocial...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i930366
Aim: To assess user’s perception and satisfaction with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Study Design: This descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted between October and December 2017, focused on academic staff who was users of NHIS at the Usmanu Danfodiyo Universit...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/43684
Patient satisfaction has become increasingly popular and assessment of patient satisfaction is an important tool for monitoring the quality of care in hospitals. The aim of this study was to assess patients satisfaction related to quality of care and factors affecting this. This...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34513
Background: Many individuals are affected psychologically either when they perceive a real or imagined deviation of any part of their face or when they desire the morphology of such parts to be like others. The purposes of our study were to determine tribal and sexual dimorphism...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/14137