Association of Socioeconomic, Personality, and Mental Health Factors With Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Facial Palsy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Knowledge of factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with facial palsy may aid in better interpreting outcomes of research and treatment.

Objective

To identify factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with facial palsy.

Design, setting, and participants

The inclusion period for participants in this cross-sectional study at the University Medical Center Groningen, a tertiary referral center for facial reanimation surgery, was March 1 to June 1, 2019. Patients aged at least 18 years with facial palsy who had undergone surgery for facial palsy between January 1, 2007, and January 1, 2018, and patients visiting the outpatient clinic of the University of Groningen Department of Plastic Surgery for their facial

SUBMITTER: Bruins TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042926 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature