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Functional and Social Limitations After Facial Palsy: Expanded and Independent Validation of the Italian Version of the Facial Disability Index

Chiara Pavese, Miriam Cecini, Nora Camerino, Annalisa De Silvestri, Carmine Tinelli, Maurizio Bejor, Elena Dalla Toffola
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130254 Published 1 September 2014

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Inclusion criteria and samples used for validation of the Italian version of the Facial Disability Index (IT-FDI). SFGS=Sunnybrook Facial Grading System, SF-12=12-Item Short Form Health Survey.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.

Changes in the scores on the Italian version of the Facial Disability Index (IT-FDI) and the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (SFGS) after treatment. (A) Correlations between the change in the IT-FDI physical function subscale score and the change in the SFGS composite score (n=41). (B) Correlations between the change in the IT-FDI social/well-being function subscale score and the change in the SFGS composite score (n=41). Change was evaluated as the difference between the second visit and the first visit.
Appendix.
Appendix.

Italian Version of the Facial Disability Index.

Tables

Table 2.
Table 2.

Test-Retest Reliability of Individual Item and Total Scores on the IT-FDI (n=37)a

  • ↵a IT-FDI=Italian version of the Facial Disability Index, ICC=intraclass correlation coefficient, CI=confidence interval, P=physical function subscale, S=social/well-being function subscale.
Table 3.
Table 3.

Construct Validity (N=100)a

  • ↵a Reported as the Spearman coefficients of correlation (r) of the physical function subscale and the social/well-being function subscale of the Italian version of the Facial Disability Index (IT-FDI) with the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (SFGS) and the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). PCS=physical component summary, MCS=mental component summary.
Table 4.
Table 4.

Correlations of Items Related to Mouth Function in the IT-FDI and the SFGS (N=100)a

  • ↵a Reported as the Spearman coefficients of correlation (r). IT-FDI=Italian version of the Facial Disability Index, SFGS=Sunnybrook Facial Grading System.

  • b Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle.

  • c Zygomaticus-risorius muscle.

  • d Orbicularis oris muscle.
Table 1.
Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participantsa

  • ↵a SFGS=Sunnybrook Facial Grading System, IT-FDI=Italian version of the Facial Disability Index, SF-12=12-Item Short Form Health Survey, PCS=physical component summary, MCS=mental component summary.

  • b The complete sample was used to assess internal consistency, construct validity, and floor and ceiling effects.

  • c The samples used to assess test-retest reliability (n=37) and responsiveness (n=41) were subsets of the complete sample (N=100).

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Functional and Social Limitations After Facial Palsy: Expanded and Independent Validation of the Italian Version of the Facial Disability Index
Chiara Pavese, Miriam Cecini, Nora Camerino, Annalisa De Silvestri, Carmine Tinelli, Maurizio Bejor, Elena Dalla Toffola
Physical Therapy Sep 2014, 94 (9) 1327-1336; DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130254

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Functional and Social Limitations After Facial Palsy: Expanded and Independent Validation of the Italian Version of the Facial Disability Index
Chiara Pavese, Miriam Cecini, Nora Camerino, Annalisa De Silvestri, Carmine Tinelli, Maurizio Bejor, Elena Dalla Toffola
Physical Therapy Sep 2014, 94 (9) 1327-1336; DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130254
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