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Self-guided Psychosocial Intervention for Facial Palsy

NCT03943953 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 97

Last updated 2023-07-10

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Summary

Facial palsy affects between 23 to 35 people per 100,000. As well as affecting an individual's appearance, it also can lead to difficulties with: eating, drinking, speaking, eyelid closure, pain and taste.

Facial palsy has been shown to have a significant impact on an individual's psychological wellbeing, including issues with anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. These elevated levels of distress have been thought to be partly due to the impact that facial palsy has on the face's ability to express emotions, which is a crucial aspect of face-to-face communication.

Although not researched yet in a facial palsy population, one type of psychological intervention that has been found to be effective at improving the psychosocial wellbeing of people with visible differences has been psychological self-help. With this in mind, the investigators have developed seven self-guided information and therapy guides (ITGs), for people with facial palsy and/or their friends or relatives. The investigators have written these guides by drawing on interventions with a strong evidence-base in other populations, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, social skills training and acceptance and commitment therapy:

1. Facial palsy: Coping with the early stages.
2. Facial palsy: Coping with comments, questions and staring.
3. Facial palsy: Communicating with confidence.
4. Facial palsy: Managing anxiety.
5. Facial palsy: Managing your mood.
6. Facial palsy: Building your self-esteem.
7. Facial palsy: Advice for friends, family and partners.

The investigators aim to evaluate the effectiveness, usability and acceptability of these guides to people with facial palsy and/or their friends, family and partners, by piloting their use over a 4-6 week period. Assessment of psychosocial wellbeing will be carried out before and after the 4-6 week period, while participants will be invited to provide usability and acceptability feedback on the guides after the 4-6 week period.

Conditions

  • Facial Palsy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Information and Therapy Guides

We have developed seven self-guided information and therapy guides (ITGs), for people with facial palsy and/or their friends or relatives. We have written these guides by drawing on interventions with a strong evidence-base in other populations, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, social skills training and acceptance and commitment therapy: 1. Facial palsy: Coping with the early stages. 2. Facial palsy: Coping with comments, questions and staring. 3. Facial palsy: Communicating with confidence. 4. Facial palsy: Managing anxiety. 5. Facial palsy: Managing your mood. 6. Facial palsy: Building your self-esteem. 7. Facial palsy: Advice for friends, family and partners.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Matthew Hotton · Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-08-15
Primary Completion
2021-05-05
Completion
2021-05-05

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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