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. 2023 Jul-Dec;13(2):189-194.
doi: 10.4103/ams.ams_38_23. Epub 2023 Oct 31.

Factors Associated with Deterioration in Quality of Life of Subjects after Maxillofacial Fractures - A Prospective Study

Adekunle Moses Adetayo  1 , Mayowa Solomon Somoye  2 , Oluwatoyin Adetutu Fasesan  3 , Ayodeji Titus Oyedele  1 , Modupe Olusola Adetayo  4
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Factors Associated with Deterioration in Quality of Life of Subjects after Maxillofacial Fractures - A Prospective Study

Adekunle Moses Adetayo et al. Ann Maxillofac Surg. 2023 Jul-Dec.

Abstract

Introduction: Maxillofacial fractures (MFs) are quite common and are managed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Despite these interventions, a pre-traumatic facial profile is often not achieved with consequent social and psychologic consequences.

Materials and methods: Patients with fractures to the middle and lower third of the face that presented within 48 hours and healthy controls (subjects without facial fracture) that were sex- and age-matched with the fracture patients were recruited into the study. World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire was used to compare the Quality of Life (QoL) values according to age, gender, educational status, employment status, marital status, site of trauma and type of fracture.

Results: Only the age of subjects was associated with deterioration in QoL after MF while other variables were not.

Discussion: Increasing age of the patients was associated with higher QoL possibly because those with age <30 years are single and unemployed and may have fear and anxiety that the fracture could affect their chances of getting married or being employed, causing reduced QoL. Psychosocial rehabilitation is very important in patients with MF, especially for the young age group.

Keywords: Deterioration; factors; quality of life.

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