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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01377766
Date of registration: 20/06/2011
Primary sponsor: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Public title: The Relationship Between Psychological Factors and Bell's Palsy
Scientific title: Study of Psychological Factors on the Occurence of Bell's Palsy
Date of first enrolment: October 2008
Target sample size: 800
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01377766
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Retrospective  
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:   Guangying Huang, doctor
Address: 
Telephone: 86-027-8366-3266
Email: Gyhuang@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn
Affiliation: 
Name:   Wei Wang, doctor
Address: 
Telephone: 86-027-8366-3648
Email: wwang_tjh@126.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Wei Wang, doctor
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:

1. Patients who were diagnosed to have unilateral facial-nerve weakness without any
identifiable causes within 168 hours after onset of symptoms;

2. aged 18 to 65 years.

Exclusion criteria:

1. illiterate;

2. the facial paralysis is caused by herpes zoster;

3. recurrent facial paralysis;

4. noticeable asymmetry of the face before the illness which may affect the evaluation;

5. history of peptic ulcer disease, severe hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, liver
and kidney dysfunction, pregnancy, mental illness, or serious systemic diseases which
may affect the treatment.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bell's Palsy
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
House-Brackmann scale (HBS) [Time Frame: within 168 hours after onset of symptoms]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2006CB504502-3
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Fudan University
Hubei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University
The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University
Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Command PLA
Wuhan No.1 Hospital
Xiangyang No.1 People's Hospital
Yichang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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