Table 1.
Characteristics of the facial nerve paralysis patients in this study.
| Patient Number. | Gender 1 | Side | Duration of Having Facial Paralysis in Month | Degree of Paralysis | Type of Paralysis | Reason for Facial Paralysis 2 | Becks Depression Inventory (BDI) |
Depression’s Severity According to BDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W | Left | 72 | Complete | Chronic | 3 | 10 | Mild |
| 2 | W | Right | 58 | Complete | Chronic | 1 | 12 | Mild |
| 3 | W | Right | 101 | Complete | Chronic | 1 | 1 | Minimal |
| 4 | W | Left | 40 | Complete | Chronic | 1 | 44 | Severe |
| 5 | W | Left | 29 | Complete | Chronic | 1 | 25 | Moderate |
| 6 | W | Right | 79 | Complete | Chronic | 1 | 3 | Minimal |
| 7 | M | Left | 35 | Complete | Acute | 2 | 6 | Minimal |
| 8 | W | Right | 23 | Complete | Acute | 1 | 7 | Minimal |
| 9 | W | Right | 71 | Complete | Chronic | 1 | 8 | Minimal |
| 10 | W | Left | 25 | Complete | Chronic | 1 | 13 | Mild |
| 11 | W | Right | 22 | Complete | Chronic | 2 | 3 | Minimal |
| 12 | W | Right | 21 | Complete | Acute | 1 | 17 | Mild |
| 13 | M | Right | 17 | Complete | Chronic | 1 | 2 | Minimal |
| 14 | W | Left | 99 | Complete | Chronic | 3 | 6 | Minimal |
| 15 | W | Left | 19 | Complete | Acute | 2 | 4 | Minimal |
| 16 | W | Left | 16 | Complete | Chronic | 3 | 15 | Mild |
1 W: woman, M: man, 2 1 = idiopathic, 2 = inflammation, 3 = post-surgical.