Bell's Palsy Recovery Data with Upper-Lower Facial Region Grading, 2024-2025

213 patient records from a clinical study on Bell's palsy, collected between January 2024 and January 2025. The data includes separate House–Brackmann grades for upper and lower facial regions at presentation and follow-up points, along with treatment patterns and comorbidities. The dataset was published by figshare admin karger under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze discordance between upper and lower facial region severity based on separate House–Brackmann grades.
• Model recovery trajectories over time based on follow-up assessments at day 15, day 30, and month 6.
• Investigate the association between corticosteroid therapy and early recovery patterns mentioned in the description.
• Assess the impact of comorbidities like diabetes mellitus and hypertension on recovery outcomes.

Strengths

• Includes 213 patient records, a specific cohort size for analysis.
• Contains longitudinal data with follow-up assessments at three specific time points.
• Clinical grading was performed by three blinded otolaryngologists, suggesting a controlled assessment method.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the single-center study period from 2024-2025.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Clinical study of adults presenting within 3 days of Bell's palsy symptom onset, with standardized photographs graded by otolaryngologists.

Time Range

January 2024 to January 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 07:55:09; freshness should be verified.