Exploring The Psychosocial Impact Of Botulinum Toxin Type-A Injections For Individuals With Oromandibular Dystonia: A Qualitative Study Of Patients\u27 Experiences

This study explored the psychosocial impact of BoNT-A injections for OMD and explored how participants judge the success of this treatment. Eight participants with OMD participated in a single semi-structured interview. Phenomenological methods were used to analyze the interview data into themes. Two themes and six subthemes emerged from the analysis of the data. The first theme, Botox has changed me and my experiences, explored the participants’ perspective of receiving BoNT-A injections and its psychosocial impact. The second theme, What communication is like for me, explored the psychosocial impact of BoNT-A on speech production and participation. Our results suggest that BoNT-A has a variable impact on domains related to QoL, satisfaction with treatment, speech production, and participation. This study adds novel information related to the psychosocial consequences of BoNT-A treatment in the management of OMD and builds on a literature that studies the consequences and experiences of living with OMD