Patient's satisfaction with facial appearance and psycho-social wellness after orthognathic surgery among Hong Kong Chinese using the FACE-Q

• Published in: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
• Main Author: Tan S.K.; Leung W.K.; Tang A.T.H.; Zwahlen R.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Churchill Livingstone 2020
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85092213606&doi=10.1016%2fj.jcms.2020.09.012&partnerID=40&md5=5525e82c1a53b58836a98e942e179171

Purpose: To assess and compare the changes in satisfaction with facial appearance and psycho-social well-being in dento-skeletal class II and III patients after orthognathic surgery with the FACE-Q among Hong Kong Chinese. Methods: The questionnaires for thirteen orthognathic-relevant FACE-Q scales, translated into Cantonese and validated, were administered to Hong Kong Chinese patients before and after orthognathic surgery in the short- and long-term, respectively. The assessed scales were categorized into four main domains: satisfaction with facial appearance, quality of life, patient's experience of care, and adverse effects. Results: Generally, highly significant (p < 0.001) improved FACE-Q scores were found in the long-term in the scales investigating the satisfaction with overall facial appearance, lower face and jawline, and chin. Although dento-skeletal class III patients demonstrated significantly improved satisfaction with their post-surgical nostril appearance (p = 0.003), this was not evident in dento-skeletal class II patients (p = 0.231). Nonetheless, both class II and class III subjects have also revealed significantly improved psychological well-being (0.003; <0.001) and social function (0.001; <0.001) in the long-term. Age was not found to be correlated with all scales for satisfaction of facial appearance. Conclusion: Previously validated Face-Q scales are valuable instruments to measure clinical outcomes, psychological well-being and social function in Cantonese speaking patients. Both Class II and Class III patients showed significantly improved satisfaction with facial appearance, psychological well-being and social function after orthognathic surgery regardless of skeletal pattern and gender, confirming findings in other ethnicities. © 2020 European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery