Quality of life following maxillofacial trauma in the elderly: a multicenter, prospective study.

Paolo BoffanoAlberto PauCamilla DosioMuhammad RuslinTymour ForouzanfarTanía Rodríguez-SantamartaJuan Carlos de VicenteMarko TarleEmil DediolPetia PechalovaNikolai PavlovHristo DaskalovIva DoykovaKadri KelemithTiia TammeAndrey KopchakRomanova Anna YuPierre CorreHelios BertinMaeva BourryPierre Guyonvarc'hZoran JezdićVitomir S KonstantinovicThomas Starch-JensenMatteo Brucoli

Published in: Oral and maxillofacial surgery (2021)

Elderly patients following facial trauma experience significant emotional, social, and functional disturbances. We observed that emotional problems, energy/fatigue, social functioning, and generally social limitations played a great role in the decrease of QoL in elderly patients following maxillofacial trauma.

Keyphrases

mental health
healthcare
trauma patients
sleep quality
clinical trial
middle aged
depressive symptoms
soft tissue
double blind