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Univariate testing and multivariable logistic regression were employed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 116 cases and 259 controls were identified, yielding a missed appointment rate of 30.9% (116\/375). Missed appointments were significantly associated with initial clinic appointments compared to return visits (odds ratio [OR] 2.21 [1.38\u20133.54]), afternoon visits compared to morning (OR 3.14 [1.94\u20135.07]), lack of private health insurance (OR 2.91 [1.68\u20135.18]), and presence of midface fractures (OR 2.04 [1.28\u20133.27]). Missed appointments were negatively associated with mandible fractures (OR 0.56 [0.35\u20130.89]), surgical management (OR 0.48 [0.30\u20130.77]), and the presence of nonremovable hardware (OR 0.39 [0.23\u20130.64]). Upon multivariable logistic regression, missed appointments remained independently associated with afternoon visits (adjusted OR [aOR] 1.95 [1.12\u20133.4]), lack of private health insurance (aOR 2.73 [1.55\u20134.8]), and midface fractures (aOR 2.09 [1.21\u20133.59]).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Nearly one-third of facial trauma patients missed follow-up appointments, with the greatest risk among those with afternoon appointments, lacking private health insurance, and with midface fractures.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2325-5425","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,14]],"date-time":"2024-05-14T19:17:07Z","timestamp":1715714227000},"page":"319-326","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Risk Factors for Missed Follow-up Appointments among Facial Trauma Patients"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"41","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3632-0498","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aaron L.","family":"Zebolsky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nina","family":"Gallo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Travis","family":"Clarke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jeffery A.","family":"May","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raj D.","family":"Dedhia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anas","family":"Eid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,21]]},"reference":[{"issue":"S 01","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"i27","DOI":"10.1136\/injuryprev-2019-043297","article-title":"Epidemiology of facial fractures: incidence, prevalence and years lived with disability estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study","volume":"26","author":"R Lalloo","year":"2020","journal-title":"Inj Prev"},{"issue":"02","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"115","DOI":"10.1111\/edt.12462","article-title":"Through the ages-aetiological changes in maxillofacial trauma","volume":"35","author":"M Goedecke","year":"2019","journal-title":"Dent Traumatol"},{"issue":"06","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e849","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jormas.2022.05.004","article-title":"World Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma (WORMAT) project: a multicenter prospective analysis of epidemiology and patterns of maxillofacial trauma around the world","volume":"123","author":"F Roccia","year":"2022","journal-title":"J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg"},{"issue":"02","key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surge.2016.03.008","article-title":"The effect of deprivation on the incidence of mandibular fractures in a British city","volume":"15","author":"M H Wilson","year":"2017","journal-title":"Surgeon"},{"issue":"03","key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"255","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bjoms.2018.11.021","article-title":"Relation between facial fractures and socioeconomic deprivation in the north east of England","volume":"57","author":"M Goodfellow","year":"2019","journal-title":"Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg"},{"issue":"07","key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"637","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcms.2012.11.046","article-title":"Incidence, aetiology, treatment outcome and complications of maxillofacial fractures. 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