Research Article
Clinical Features of Bell’s Palsy in Children and Outcomes of Physical Therapy: A Retrospective Study
Table 2
Demographic and clinical features of Bell’s palsy patients according to severity of disease.
| | | Mild () | Severe () | value |
| | Gender, (%) | | | 0.51 | | Male | 11 (57.9%) | 68 (40.7%) | | | Female | 8 (42.1%) | 99 (59.3%) | | Age (years)
(mean ± SD) | | | 0.21 | | Season, (%) | | |
0.22 | | Winter | 1 (5.3%) | 41 (24.6%) | | | Spring | 5 (26.3%) | 42 (25.1%) | | | Summer | 5 (26.3%) | 25 (15.0%) | | | Autumn | 8 (42.1%) | 59 (35.3%) | | | Affected side, (%) | | | 0.66 | | Right | 9 (47.4%) | 88 (52.7%) | | | Left | 10 (52.6%) | 79 (47.3%) | | | Recurrence, (%) | | | 0.23 | | No | 19 (100%) | 155 (92.8%) | | | Yes | 0 (0%) | 12 (7.2%) | | | After first month, (%) | | |
0.004* | | Full recovery | 19 (100%) | 104 (62.3%) | | | Partial recovery | 0 (0%) | 56 (33.5%) | | | No recovery | 0 (0%) | 7 (4.2%) | |
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Statistically significant difference.
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