USER SATISFACTION AMONG WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN THE “MORE SMILES FOR CHILE” DENTAL CARE PROGRAM

Abstract

Objective: To determine user satisfaction and its relationship with sociodemographic and dental variables among participants of the “More Smiles for Chile” program in the year 2018 in the city of San Pedro de la Paz. Materials and Methods: Observational, descriptive correlational cross-sectional study, with a non-probabilistic sample consisting of 120 women. The survey for User Satisfaction and Good Service of the Health Supervision Authority of Chile was used. Data collection was carried out during the second semester of 2019. The analysis was performed using the SPSS software version 25. Results: A high degree of user satisfaction was found, with the majority of participants evaluating the questions with a grade 6 or 7 (very good to excellent). The dimension “access to care” is the one with the lowest evaluation. User satisfaction averages also increase as the age of participants increases. Conclusions: The “More Smiles for Chile” program presents a high level of user satisfaction. The worst evaluated dimension was “access to care”, due to the long waiting lists to access dental
care. There is also concordance with national and international research results. It is important that health
evaluations include user satisfaction as an indicator, since it reflects the perspective of patients who use these
services and contributes to improving care provision.