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Psychological impact of visible differences in patients with congenital craniofacial anomalies

Overview of attention for article published in Progress in Orthodontics, April 2015
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Title
Psychological impact of visible differences in patients with congenital craniofacial anomalies
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Progress in Orthodontics, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40510-015-0078-9
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Varun Pratap Singh, Timothy P Moss

Abstract

Patients with craniofacial anomalies often have appearance concerns and related social anxiety which can affect their quality of life. This study assessed the psychological impact of facial and dental appearance in patients with craniofacial anomalies in comparison to a general population control group. The study involved 102 adult patients (51% male) with congenital craniofacial anomalies and 102 controls (49% male). Both groups completed the Nepali version of Derriford Appearance Scale (DAS) and the Psychological Impact of Dental Aesthetic Questionnaire (PIDAQ) in a clinical setting to assess appearance-related distress, avoidance, and anxiety. There was a significant difference between patients and controls on both PIDAQ (mean score for patients 33.25 ± 9.45 while for controls 27.52 ± 5.67, p < 0.001) and DAS59 scores (mean score for patients 159.16 ± 31.54 while for controls 77.64 ± 6.57, p < 0.001), indicating that patients experienced greater negative psychological impact of living with their appearance (PIDAQ) and more appearance-related distress (DAS) than controls. DAS scores were not associated with gender. There was no association of the place of residence (rural vs. urban) with PIDAQ or DAS59 scores. There is a significant psychological impact of altered facial and dental appearance in patients with craniofacial anomalies compared to controls. There was no effect of locality (rural/urban) on the psychological impact of facial and dental appearance in patients.

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Unknown 119 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 13%
Researcher 13 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Postgraduate 8 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Other 31 26%
Unknown 32 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 50 42%
Psychology 15 13%
Arts and Humanities 3 3%
Neuroscience 2 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Other 7 6%
Unknown 40 34%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 November 2015.
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#15,740,505
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Progress in Orthodontics
#98
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#146,213
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Outputs of similar age from Progress in Orthodontics
#2
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