The Relationship Between Psychological Factors and Bell's Palsy

Study of Psychological Factors on the Occurence of Bell's Palsy

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01377766

Enrollment

800

Registered

2011-06-21

Start date

2008-10-31

Completion date

2011-11-30

Last updated

2011-11-08

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Conditions

Bell's Palsy

Keywords

Bell's palsy, psychological stress, personality factors, psychological factors

Brief summary

The aim of this study was to explore the risk factors for Bell's palsy (BP) and to examine whether psychological factors are the potential risk factors for the occurrence of BP.

Detailed description

We conducted a case-control, multi-center clinical investigation. A total of 695 subjects were assigned to the case group (n=355) and the control group (n=340). All the BP patients were enrolled from 11 State Hospitals in China, and all the controls were selected from the same district to match for the patients. The study was coordinated by a tertiary referral centre, Tongji Hospital. The House-Brackmann grading system and Facial Disability Index (FDI) was adopted to assess the BP patients. Kessler 10-Item Psychological Distress Scale（K10）was usde to explore the psychological distress, and the Cattell 16 Personality Factor (16PF) scale was employed to evaluate the personality profiles of all subjects.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients who were diagnosed to have unilateral facial-nerve weakness without any identifiable causes within 168 hours after onset of symptoms; 2. aged 18 to 65 years.

Exclusion criteria

： 1. illiterate; 2. the facial paralysis is caused by herpes zoster; 3. recurrent facial paralysis; 4. noticeable asymmetry of the face before the illness which may affect the evaluation; 5. history of peptic ulcer disease, severe hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, liver and kidney dysfunction, pregnancy, mental illness, or serious systemic diseases which may affect the treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
House-Brackmann scale (HBS)	within 168 hours after onset of symptoms

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactWei Wang, doctor

wwang_tjh@126.com86-027-8366-3648

Outcome results