Oral health and oral health-related quality of life in pa-tients with peripheral facial nerve palsy - a case-control-study

• Conditions: Bell palsy; G51.0

• Registration Number: DRKS00025358
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Jena

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2020-10-15
• Study Start: 2021-05-20
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 86

Inclusion Criteria

Patients: peripheral facial nerve palsy (diagnosed by a doctor); voluntary consent
Control subjects: no facial nerve palsy ever diagnosed by a doctor; matchable with patients by age and sex; voluntary consent

Exclusion Criteria

multimorbid people; people with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2; people with hemophilia A and B; people with epilepsy or AIDS; toothless people; lack of study consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary objectives of the study are to assess the oral health of patients with facial nerve palsy in comparison to an age- and gender-matched control group and to analyse factors influencing oral health. <br>The dental examination of various oral indices (API, BNS,..) by a calibrated dentist took place up to and including October 2020.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The secondary objective of the study is to analyse the psycho-emotional effects of oral health on quality of life.<br>The study participants were interviewed using the Edinburgh Handyness Inventory questionnaire, the OHIP-G14 questionnaire and a questionnaire on the subjective assessment of their own oral hygiene up to and including October 2020.