The Facial Clinimetric Evaluation scale underestimates social well-being
and synkinesis in overall facial palsy-specific quality of life: A
cross-sectional study in 80 patients
Abstract
Key Points: ● The Facial Clinimetric Evaluation (FaCE) scale, consisting
of six subscales, measures facial palsy-specific quality of life. ● Each
subscale’s weight in the total FaCE score is based on the number of
questions but may not reflect the subscale’s true contributions to
‘overall’ facial-palsy specific quality of life. ● In 80 patients, we
analyzed the subscales’ correlations with a validated Visual Analogue
Scale (VAS) score that quantifies overall facial palsy-related burden. ●
Social function and facial comfort had stronger correlations with
overall facial palsy-related quality of life than their weights in the
FaCE total score suggests. ● Greater importance should be placed on
social function and facial comfort when estimating the quality of life
of patients with facial palsy.