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Table 4.

Categorization of research studies based on outcome measures

Perspective (Number of Studies)	Theme (Number of Studies)	Subtheme (Number of Studies)
Patient reported (n=48)²^,⁴^,⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,⁸^,⁹^,¹⁰^,³¹^,³²^,³³^,³⁴^,³⁵^,³⁶^,³⁷^,³⁸^,³⁹^,⁴⁰^,⁴¹^,⁴²^,⁴³^,⁴⁴^,⁴⁵^,⁴⁶^,⁴⁷^,⁴⁸^,⁴⁹^,⁵⁰^,⁵¹^,⁵²^,⁵³^,⁵⁴^,⁵⁵^,⁵⁶^,⁵⁷^,⁵⁸^,⁵⁹^,⁶⁰^,⁶¹^,⁶²^,⁶³^,⁶⁴^,⁶⁵^,⁶⁶^,⁶⁷^,⁶⁸^,⁶⁹^,⁷⁰	Satisfaction (n=31)²^,⁵^,¹⁰^,³¹^,³²^,³³^,³⁴^,³⁵^,³⁶^,³⁷^,³⁸^,³⁹^,⁴⁰^,⁴¹^,⁴²^,⁴³^,⁴⁴^,⁴⁵^,⁴⁶^,⁴⁷^,⁴⁸^,⁴⁹^,⁵⁰^,⁵¹^,⁵²^,⁵³^,⁵⁴^,⁵⁵^,⁵⁶^,⁵⁷^,⁵⁸	Not applicable
	Quality of life (n=14)⁴^,⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,⁸^,⁹^,³²^,³⁹^,⁵⁹^,⁶⁰^,⁶¹^,⁶²^,⁶³^,⁶⁴	Condition specific (specific to facial prostheses) (n=6)⁴^,⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,⁸^,⁹
		Condition specific (not specific to facial prostheses) (n=5)³⁹^,⁵⁹^,⁶⁰^,⁶¹^,⁶²
		Generic (n=7)⁴^,⁵^,³²^,³⁹^,⁵⁹^,⁶³^,⁶⁴
	Psychologic health (n=6)⁴^,³²^,⁶⁵^,⁶⁶^,⁶⁷^,⁶⁸	Psychologic health (n=6)⁴^,³²^,⁶⁵^,⁶⁶^,⁶⁷^,⁶⁸
	Psychologic health (n=6)⁴^,³²^,⁶⁵^,⁶⁶^,⁶⁷^,⁶⁸	Psychosocial (n=1)⁶⁷
	Other patient reported (n=6)³²^,⁴¹^,⁴⁴^,⁶¹^,⁶⁹^,⁷⁰	Preference (n=1)⁴⁴
		Appearance/function (n=1)⁶¹
		Function (n=1)⁶⁹
		Functional comfort (n=1)³²
		Duration of wear (n=1)⁷⁰
		Ability to wear prostheses as desired(n=1)⁴¹
Clinician reported (n=5)⁴^,⁵^,⁷¹^,⁷²^,⁷³	Clinical evaluation (n=5)⁴^,⁵^,⁷¹^,⁷²^,⁷³	Not applicable
Independent observer (n=2)⁷⁴^,⁷⁵	Utility (n=1)⁷⁴	Not applicable
Independent observer (n=2)⁷⁴^,⁷⁵	Appearance (n=1)⁷⁵	Not applicable
Multiple perspectives (n=4)⁶⁶^,⁷⁶^,⁷⁷^,⁷⁸	Appearance (n=3)⁶⁶^,⁷⁶^,⁷⁷	Not applicable
Multiple perspectives (n=4)⁶⁶^,⁷⁶^,⁷⁷^,⁷⁸	Success (n=1)⁷⁸	Not applicable
Clinical indicators (n=22)⁸^,³³^,³⁹^,⁴⁴^,⁴⁷^,⁵⁴^,⁵⁷^,⁵⁸^,⁶⁵^,⁶⁹^,⁷⁰^,⁷²^,⁷³^,⁷⁹^,⁸⁰^,⁸¹^,⁸²^,⁸³^,⁸⁴^,⁸⁵^,⁸⁶^,⁸⁷	Prosthesis survival (n=10)³³^,³⁹^,⁵⁷^,⁷³^,⁷⁹^,⁸⁰^,⁸¹^,⁸²^,⁸³^,⁸⁴	Prosthesis survival/lifespan (n=9)³³^,³⁹^,⁵⁷^,⁷³^,⁷⁹^,⁸⁰^,⁸¹^,⁸²^,⁸³
		Prosthesis failure (n=1)⁸⁴
	Aftercare (n=5)⁸^,³³^,⁴⁴^,⁷⁹^,⁸⁰	Not applicable
	Complications (n=9)⁴⁷^,⁵⁸^,⁶⁵^,⁷⁰^,⁷²^,⁷³^,⁷⁹^,⁸¹^,⁸⁵	Not applicable
	Service delivery (n=1)⁸⁶	Costs to the hospital (n=1)⁸⁶
	Service delivery (n=1)⁸⁶	Procedural characteristics (n=1)⁸⁶
	Other objective tools (n=4)⁵⁴^,⁶⁹^,⁸⁵^,⁸⁷	Symmetry (n=3)⁵⁴^,⁸⁵^,⁸⁷
	Other objective tools (n=4)⁵⁴^,⁶⁹^,⁸⁵^,⁸⁷	Function (n=1)⁶⁹

Studies may use multiple outcome measures and therefore may be included more than once.