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FACE-Q eye module for measuring patient-reported outcomes in blepharoplasty surgery
PMU Autor*in
Alexander C Rokohl
Alle Autor*innen
Wanlin Fan, Weiwei Dai, Christoph Bechtloff, Xiaojun Ju, Xueting Li, Xincen Hou, Philomena A Wawer Matos, Alexander C Rokohl, Ludwig M Heindl
Fachzeitschrift
JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
Kurzfassung
This study aimed to conduct a linguistic validation of all FACE-Q eye module scales in German, and to evaluate the reliability and validity of the scales in patients with blepharoplasty. According to international recommendations, all FACE-Q scales and checklists were translated from English to German. Psychometric testing of blepharoplasty surgery-related scales of translated versions were administered to patients with blepharochalasis or dermatochalasis and a history of blepharoplasty surgery (n = 64; 11 scales) or no history of blepharoplasty surgery (n = 65; seven scales), and to a group of control subjects (n = 64; seven scales). Most of the subscales showed acceptable internal consistency, with Cronbach's alphas ranging from 0.75 to 0.97. Intraclass correlation coefficients were high (0.70-0.92), indicating good reliability, with total values of 0.63 (95% CI 0.46-0.76) and 0.68 (95% CI 0.53-0.80) for the upper eyelid and social function scores, respectively. There was good discriminability between pre- and post-blepharoplasty patients and normal subjects (p < 0.05). The German-language version of the FACE-Q eye module is a successfully validated and helpful tool for assessing outcomes after blepharoplasty surgery, especially with respect to 'satisfaction with overall facial appearance', 'psychological well-being, social function', 'decision satisfaction, outcome satisfaction', and 'early-life impact recovery'.
Keywords
Humans, Male, Aged, Middle Aged, Female, Surveys and Questionnaires, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, ADULT, Aged, 80 and over, GERMANY, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Blepharoplasty