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Establishing Convergent Validity of the FACE-Q Aesthetics Module Scales
Aesthetic Surgery Journal
|January 8, 2025
Summary
The FACE-Q Aesthetics scales show good convergent validity for assessing patient outcomes in cosmetic procedures, particularly for lines and lips. However, scales for overall face appearance and cheeks require further validation.
Area of Science:
- Aesthetics
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Patient-Reported Outcomes
Background:
- FACE-Q Aesthetics scales measure patient-important outcomes in facial cosmetic interventions.
- Convergent validity assesses the relationship between scores of similar constructs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish the convergent validity of 11 FACE-Q Aesthetics appearance scales against MERZ Aesthetics scales.
- To evaluate the reliability of patient-reported outcome measures in aesthetic medicine.
Main Methods:
- An international online survey of 1259 participants aged 20+ who underwent minimally invasive facial aesthetic treatments.
- Participants completed 11 FACE-Q and 12 MERZ Aesthetics scales.
- Convergent validity was assessed by a priori hypotheses on correlations (≥0.50) and percentage of correct hypotheses (>75%).
Main Results:
- Most participants were female (72.5%), Caucasian (76.9%), with a mean age of 42.6 years.
- FACE-Q scales for lines (overall, lower face, jawline, forehead, eyebrows, crow's feet, lips, nasolabial folds, marionette) and lips demonstrated adequate convergent validity.
- FACE-Q scales for Face Overall and Cheeks did not achieve adequate convergent validity.
Conclusions:
- Evidence supports the convergent validity of several FACE-Q Aesthetics appearance scales.
- Scale validation is an ongoing process requiring further research with comparative measurement tools.
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