DSQ

The DSQ (methodology) ( Dental Satisfaction Questionnaire ) was developed by the RAND Research Center to study patient opinions about dental care and is based on measuring patient satisfaction in areas such as affordability / convenience, cost, pain management and quality. DSQ provides for the use of answers on a 5-level Likert scale from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree” and the formation of an integral satisfaction index. ^[one]

Due to the fact that DSQ provides statistically significant results regardless of national and regional characteristics, DSQ can be used to identify risk factors that affect patient satisfaction with the quality and availability of dental services. ^{[2] [3]}