Arzu Atay|Kadriye Peker|Yumu?han Günay|Servet Ebrinç|Banu Karayazgan|Ömer Uysal
Assessment of health-related quality of life in Turkish patients with facial prostheses
GATA Haydarpa?a E?itim Hastanesi|Istanbul University|GATA Haydarpa?a E?itim Hastanesi|GATA Haydarpa?a E?itim Hastanesi|Ba?kent University|Bezmiâlem Vak?f Üniversitesi
facial prostheses intended provide nonoperative rehabilitation patients acquired facial defects improving aesthetics quality life qol treatment involves reintegration patient family social life aim study evaluate perception qol adult patients facial prostheses compare perception control groupthe study participants consisted 72 patients divided three equalsized groups according type prosthesis op orbital prosthesis ap auricular prosthesis np nasal prosthesis 24 healthy control participants without congenital acquired deformity face body clinical sociodemographic data gathered persons medical chart participants completed turkish version world health organization quality life instrument short form whoqolbref descriptive statistics independent sample ttests pearsons chisquare test anova ancova pearson correlation used analyse datacompared control participants patients np scored lower domains qol three patient groups lower scores overall qol domains physical environmental health patients op reported significantly lower physical health scores ap patients np reported significantly lower overall qol psychological health scores ap female patients lower environmental domain scores male patients patients age income correlated social relationships qol patients income age facial prosthesis correlated environmental qolpatients facial prostheses lower scores overall qol physical environmental health domains control participants sociodemographic clinical characteristics age gender income localization defect age facial prosthesis associated patients qol findings may provide valuable information specific health needs patients may affect wellbeing studies needed confirm results use whoqolbref may provide valuable information determining patients needs priorities well planning developing comprehensive prosthetic rehabilitation programs