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no-vol=5
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dt-pub-year=2005
dt-pub=2005823
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kn-title=Evaluation of the Total Design Method in a survey of Japanese dentists
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kn-abstract=<p>Background: This study assessed the application of the Total Design Method (TDM) in a mail survey of Japanese dentists. The TDM was chosen because survey response rates in Japan are
unacceptably low and the TDM had previously been used in a general population survey.<br />
Methods: Four hundred and seventy eight dentist members of the Okayama Medical and Dental Practitioner's Association were surveyed. The nine-page, 27-item questionnaire covered dentist
job satisfaction, physical practice, and dentist and patient characteristics. Respondents to the first mailing or the one-week follow-up postcard were defined as early responders; others who responded were late responders. Responder bias was assessed by examining age, gender and training.<br />
Results: The overall response rate was 46.7% (223/478). The response rates by follow-up mailing were, 18% after the first mailing, 35.4% after the follow-up postcard, 42.3% after the second mailing, and 46.7% after the third mailing. Respondents did not differ from non-respondents in age or gender, nor were there differences between early and late responders.<br />
Conclusion: The application of TDM in this survey of Japanese dentists produced lower rates of response than expected from previous Japanese and US studies.</p>
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en-aut-name=NakaiYukie
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en-aut-name=MilgromPeter
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en-aut-name=YoshidaToshiko
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en-aut-name=IshiharaChikako
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en-aut-name=ShimonoTsutomu
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kn-affil=Department of Behavioral Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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kn-affil=Department of Dental Public Heath Sciences, University of Washington

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kn-affil=Department of Behavioral Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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kn-affil=Department of Behavioral Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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kn-affil=Department of Behavioral Pediatric Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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