Kepuasan pasien terhadap perawatan gigi tiruan lepasan dipengaruhi oleh banyak faktor. Keberhasilan perawatan gigi tiruan lepasan dapat diukur berdasarkan nilai persepsi pasien terhadap perawatan yang diterimanya dan kualitas hidup dari aspek kesehatan gigi dan mulut OHRQoL.
Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendapatkan alat ukur kepuasan pasien menggunakan kuesioner Turker's Patient's Perceptions bahasa Indonesia, dan menganalisis hubungan antara kepuasan pasien dengan OHRQoL pemakai gigi tiruan lepasan. Sebanyak 140 pemakai gigi tiruan lepasan GTL atau GTLT atau GTSL berpartisipasi dalam penelitian potong lintang ini. Dilakukan validasi kuesioner Turker's Pasient's Perceptions. Kemudian wawancara untuk pengisian kuesioner Turker's Pasient's Perceptions bahasa Indonesia yang telah divalidasi dan kuesioner Kualitas Hidup Lansia serta pemeriksaan rongga mulut.
Hasil penelitian didapatkan uji validasi dan reliabilitas menunjukan nilai Cronbach's Alpha 0,743. Terdapat hubungan bermakna antara kepuasan pasien menggunakan kuesioner Turker's Patient's Perceptions bahasa Indonesia dengan OHRQoL p=0,000. Analisis multivariat menunjukan variabel lama pemakaian gigi tiruan lepasan paling mempengaruhi kepuasan pasien dan pengalaman memakai gigi tiruan lepasan paling mempengaruhi OHRQoL.
Kesimpulan penelitian ini diperoleh alat ukur kepuasan pasien yang valid dan reliabel berupa kuesioner Turker's Patient's Perceptions-ID. Terdapat hubungan antara kepuasan pasien dengan OHRQoL. Lama pemakaian gigi tiruan mempengaruhi kepuasan pasien dan pengalaman memakai gigi tiruan mempengaruhi OHRQoL.
Patient's satisfaction with prosthodontic treatment is affected by many factors. Success of removable denture treatment can be measured using an index to evaluate patients'perceptions of their treatment and their oral health related quality of life OHRQoL. The objectives of this research are to analyze the relationship between patient satisfaction using Turker's Patient's Perceptions questionnaire and the OHRQoL of removable denture wearers. One hundred and forty removable denture wearers complete dentures, single complete dentures and removable partial dentures participated in this cross sectional study. Participants were interviewed using a validated Turker's Patient's Perceptions questionnaire in Indonesia and an OHRQoL questionnaire. The results are there was a significant relationship between patient's satisfaction and OHRQoL p 0.000. Multivariate analysis showed that the duration of using removable dentures had a significant effect on patient's satisfaction using Turker's Patient's Perceptions questionnaire. The experience of using removable dentures showed a significant effect on OHRQoL. Conclusion are Turker's Patient's Perceptions ID questionnaire are valid and reliable. There was a relationship between patient's satisfaction and their OHRQoL. The duration of using removable dentures affected patient's satisfaction and the experience of using removable dentures affected OHRQoL.