In this paper, the concept of life quality in medicine is given. The psychoemotional component of the disease with persistent facial palsy is emphasized. The main tools for studying the quality of life of patients with facial paralysis are described and analyzed. The main scales of assessment of QoL, used in assessing the effects of surgical treatment of facial paralysis, are evaluated. The dynamics of QoL was analyzed in 14 patients, after surgical treatment of facial paralysis by various methods using the SF-36 questionnaire. The main indicators of the questionnaire were evaluated, correlation with literature data was revealed. It was concluded that it is necessary to further study the parameters of QoL evaluation and adaptation of specific scales to assess QoL of patients with facial paralysis.

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