TY - JOUR
T1 - FILLERS-Q
T2 - An instrument for assessing patient experiences after treatment with facial injectable soft tissue fillers
AU - Sclafani, Anthony P.
AU - Pizzi, Laura
AU - Jutkowitz, Eric
AU - Mueller, Nancy
AU - Jung, Matthew
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Patient-reported outcomes data are limited after injectable soft tissue filler treatment. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are becoming integral to medical practices in other specialties and will become so as well in facial plastic surgery. The obvious differences in types of disorders treated and the outcomes of primary importance seen between general medical/surgical and facial plastic surgery practices make institution of standard outcomes studies difficult in facial plastic surgery. However, understanding the patient's experience and satisfaction with treatment is essential to continue to provide excellent care to facial aesthetic patients. This article describes use of a new survey instrument, Facial Injectables: Longevity, Late and Early Reactions and Satisfaction Questionnaire (FILLERS-Q), in assessing patient response to facial injections of soft tissue fillers. FILLERS-Q is a 43-item questionnaire that captures patient demographics (4 items), patient satisfaction with treatment (10 items), procedure-related events (3 to 7 items), impact on relationships (9 to 15 items), and economic considerations related to dermal filler treatment (3 to 7 items). The results provide a snapshot of patients treated in an individual surgeon's practice.
AB - Patient-reported outcomes data are limited after injectable soft tissue filler treatment. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are becoming integral to medical practices in other specialties and will become so as well in facial plastic surgery. The obvious differences in types of disorders treated and the outcomes of primary importance seen between general medical/surgical and facial plastic surgery practices make institution of standard outcomes studies difficult in facial plastic surgery. However, understanding the patient's experience and satisfaction with treatment is essential to continue to provide excellent care to facial aesthetic patients. This article describes use of a new survey instrument, Facial Injectables: Longevity, Late and Early Reactions and Satisfaction Questionnaire (FILLERS-Q), in assessing patient response to facial injections of soft tissue fillers. FILLERS-Q is a 43-item questionnaire that captures patient demographics (4 items), patient satisfaction with treatment (10 items), procedure-related events (3 to 7 items), impact on relationships (9 to 15 items), and economic considerations related to dermal filler treatment (3 to 7 items). The results provide a snapshot of patients treated in an individual surgeon's practice.
KW - Soft tissue filler
KW - dermal filler
KW - patient-reported outcome measure
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0030-1262315
DO - 10.1055/s-0030-1262315
M3 - Article
C2 - 20665409
AN - SCOPUS:77955024641
VL - 26
SP - 310
EP - 319
JO - Facial Plastic Surgery
JF - Facial Plastic Surgery
SN - 0736-6825
IS - 4
ER -