Measuring Satisfaction with Appearance: Validation of the FACE-Q Scales for the Nose, Forehead, Cheekbones, and Chin.

نویسندگان

  • Jonathan A Schwitzer
  • Anne F Klassen
  • Stefan J Cano
  • Stephen B Baker
  • Charles East
  • Andrea L Pusic
چکیده

Purpose: Accurate and reliable measurement of patient-reported outcomes is crucial to ongoing practice improvement and clinical research in facial aesthetics. The FACE-Q is a new patient-reported outcome instrument (PRO) composed of numerous independently functioning scales and checklists designed to measure outcomes important to facial aesthetic patients. Here we describe the development and validation of five additional FACE-Q scales.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery

دوره 136 4 Suppl  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015