Patients’ perspectives of ophthalmic management of facial nerve paralysis

Functional, social and psychological impairments associated with lagophthalmos are managed using conservative interventions. A better understanding of a patient's capacity, priorities and preferences underpins a collaborative approach when selecting eye-protective interventions and optimises patient outcomes.The main limitation of this study was that participants were recruited from a specialty facial nerve clinic, resulting in an over-representation of individuals with long-standing, complex conditions.