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Investigación en Discapacidad 2023; 9 (3)

The use of face masks in patients with idiopathic peripheral facial palsy: a socially positive event in times of COVID-19?

Flores-Mondragón G, León-Hernández SR, Carrillo-Pacheco E, Hernández-Campos NA, Ángeles ZOFMMA, Paniagua PR, González DJ, Galicia FSF, Vega MG, Francisco-Argüelles C

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 129-135
PDF size: 247.48 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: the various impacts from psychological, social interaction, and quality of life perspective in patients with idiopathic peripheral facial palsy (IPFP) have been studied since 1990. There are reports on the generation of stress, anguish, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem faced as a social disability. Objective: to evaluate the socially positive effect of the use of face masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with IPFP. Material and methods: 112 patients that participated in 2015 in a study of angular facial asymmetry using photogrammetry (House-Brackmann or H-B as reference). Two groups were formed: group A (n = 66) recruited in 2015-2016 (pre-COVID-19 pandemic) and group B (n = 46) recruited in 2020-2021 (during the pandemic). Group B with mandatory use of face masks. IPFP with less than three months of evolution. Student's t test was applied for comparisons, Shapiro-Wilk for normality. Analysis of variance of two factors (group*H-B) to compare the performance in each sphere of the index of functionality (physical and social), p < 0.05. Results: the groups were comparable in age (p = 0.31), gender distribution (p = 0.11), functional grades on the H-B scale (p = 0.74), and time of evolution of IPFP (p = 0.06). In social function, the results were reverse: the cases of severe dysfunction in group B (during the pandemic) had a higher average social functionality than group A (p = 0.05). In the cases of mild/moderate dysfunction, the means of social function were very similar (p = 0.80). Conclusions: the daily use of face masks in patients with IPFP could have a positive impact on their clinical evolution by reducing stress and increasing their quality of life.


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