Quality of life during the first year after partial laryngectomy: Longitudinal study.

Background: This prospective study was conducted to assess changes in quality of life (QOL) of patients who undergo a partial laryngectomy.

Methods: The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires Core and Head and Neck (EORTC-QLQ-C30, QLQ-H&N35) were used preprocedure (n = 218), 1 week (n = 159), 3 months (n = 122), and 1 year after partial laryngectomy (n = 88). Changes over time were analyzed with the Wilcoxon signed rank test and the Holm-Bonferroni method, and interpreted regarding clinical relevance.

Quality of life before and after total laryngectomy: results of a multicenter prospective cohort study.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine what quality of life (QOL) areas improve and deteriorate during the first year after total laryngectomy and to identify predictors of these changes.

Methods: One hundred seventy-four patients completed the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QOL questionnaires before laryngectomy, n = 133 before discharge from hospital, n = 110 at the end of rehabilitation, and n = 86 1 year after laryngectomy. Multivariate regression analysis was performed to estimate the effect of potential predictors on QOL.

Clinical relevance of quality-of-life data in laryngectomized patients.

Objectives/hypothesis: Statistically significant differences in health-related quality of life (HRQL) are not always clinically relevant. It is also plausible that patients perceive other changes to be relevant than health professionals do. The objective of this study was to find thresholds for HRQL that laryngectomees consider to be clinically relevant 1 year after surgery, (i.

[Psychological morbidity in spouses of laryngectomized cancer patients: factors related to the probability of its occurrence].

In a multicenter cross-sectional study of 106 spouses of laryngectomized patients differences between spouses with a mental disorder and spouses without were analyzed. The probability of occurrence was mainly related to relationship factors: Spouses, who reported a better quality of their relationship with the patient (OR=0.77; 95% CI: 0.

Sexual problems after total or partial laryngectomy.

Objectives: To investigate sexual problems that can occur after laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer surgery and to specify possible influencing factors.

Study Design: Multi-institutional cross-sectional study.

Methods: Two hundred six patients were interviewed in person using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Quality of Life Questionnaire, Head and Neck Module (EORTC QLQ-H&N35), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and a structured interview assessing alcohol and tobacco consumption, sociodemographic data, and specific sexual problems.

Validation of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-H&N35 in patients with laryngeal cancer after surgery.

Background: The aim of this study was to test the validity of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire, Core Module (QLQ-C30) and Head and Neck Module (QLQ-H&N35) for patients who have undergone surgery due to laryngeal cancer.

Methods: A total of 323 patients from 6 different centers in Germany who had been operated on completed the QLQ-C30 and the QLQ-H&N35 in addition to being surveyed in a personal interview.

Results: Multitrait scaling analysis confirmed the proposed scale structure of both questionnaires.