Analysis of Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Patients Treated for Maxillofacial Fractures

Maciej Sikora, Mikołaj Chlubek, Elżbieta Grochans, Anna Jurczak, Krzysztof Safranow and Dariusz Chlubek
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Maciej Sikora: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, 25-375 Kielce, Poland
Mikołaj Chlubek: Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
Elżbieta Grochans: Department of Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland
Anna Jurczak: Department of Clinical Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland
Krzysztof Safranow: Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
Dariusz Chlubek: Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Maxillofacial fractures (MFF) belong to the major modern medicine and public health concerns. The recovery from MFF is associated with a number of social problems. The patient’s mood may be affected by the change in self-image and lack of satisfaction with life, in many cases leading to a deepening of mental health disorders, resulting in alcoholism, loss of job or conflicts in the area of family life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of patients with MFF, with respect to demographic and medical variables. The mean age of the 227 patients was 36 years. The mandible was the most frequent MFF location (52.9%), followed by the zygomatic bone (30.8%) then the maxilla (16.3%). Bone fracture displacement occurred in 79.3% of patients. A comminuted fracture was found in 71% of patients. The quality of life of patients with MFF was significantly better in all analyzed domains 3 months after the end of hospitalization compared to the initial survey carried out shortly after implementation of the treatment. Among the demographic variables, older age had a statistically significant but weak positive association with the improvement of the quality of life of respondents in General health perception domain.

Keywords: maxillofacial fractures; quality of life; conservative treatment; hospitalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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