Table 2.
Facial-specific quality of life of the healthy control group, acute facial palsy and postparalytic synkinesis group.
| Parameter | Healthy probands | Acute facial palsy | Facial synkinesis | Healthy vs acute palsy | Healthy vs synkinesis | Acute vs synkinesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | p* | p* | p* | |
| FaCE | ||||||
| Facial movement | 100 ± 0 | 43.1 ± 40.3 | 42.7 ± 23.4 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 1.000 |
| Facial comfort | 99.4 ± 3 | 87.5 ± 13.7 | 41.3 ± 26.3 | 0.386 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Oral function | 100 ± 0 | 56.3 ± 36.9 | 60.9 ± 28.1 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 1.000 |
| Eye comfort | 93.6 ± 17.6 | 39.6 ± 29 | 43.2 ± 36.5 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 1.000 |
| Lacrimal comfort | 100 ± 0 | 50 ± 41.8 | 53.1 ± 32.4 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 1.000 |
| Social function | 100 ± 0 | 75 ± 19.4 | 58.3 ± 32 | 0.032 | < 0.001 | 0.268 |
| Total score | 99.1 ± 2.4 | 62.2 ± 16.5 | 49.8 ± 21.7 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.210 |
| FDI | ||||||
| Physical function | 99.2 ± 2.3 | 58.3 ± 15.4 | 62.1 ± 16.5 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 1.000 |
| Social function | 84.5 ± 15.4 | 74.7 ± 14.9 | 58.7 ± 24.7 | 0.798 | < 0.001 | 0.239 |
| Total score | 91.9 ± 7.8 | 66.5 ± 11.5 | 60.4 ± 18.4 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.958 |
FaCE, Facial Clinimetric Evaluation; FDI, Facial Disability Index; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.
Significant values are in [bold].
*ANOVA, post-hoc test; additional data is given in Supplemental Table 1.