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. 2024 Jul 31;14:17726. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-68707-x

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.