 |
|
Voice-Related Quality of Life After Treatment of Laryngeal Cancer
Nobuhiko Oridate, MD, PhD;
Akihiro Homma, MD, PhD;
Seigo Suzuki, MD, PhD;
Yuji Nakamaru, MD, PhD;
Fumiyuki Suzuki, MD, PhD;
Hiromitsu Hatakeyama, MD, PhD;
Shigenari Taki, MD;
Tomohiro Sakashita, MD;
Noriko Nishizawa, MD, PhD;
Yasushi Furuta, MD, PhD;
Satoshi Fukuda, MD, PhD
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009;135(4):363-368.
Objective To determine patient-perceived voice-related quality of life in patients treated with various methods based on the results of Voice-Related Quality of Life (VRQOL) and Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10) questionnaires.
Design The VRQOL and VHI-10 questionnaires.
Setting University hospital.
Patients One hundred thirty-seven patients who had received definitive treatment of laryngeal cancer were followed-up at Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, and were alive with no evidence of malignancy at the time of the survey.
Main Outcome Measure Patient-perceived voice-related quality of life based on the results of the VRQOL and VHI-10 questionnaires.
Results The mean VRQOL scores for patients who had undergone radiotherapy (n = 63), chemoradiotherapy (n = 29), laser surgery (n = 14), or total laryngectomy (n = 27) as final treatment of laryngeal cancer were 92.6, 92.9, 85.5, and 68.4, respectively; the mean VHI-10 scores were 2.87, 2.34, 5.43, and 11.26, respectively.
Conclusion The VRQOL and VHI-10 questionnaires are important in judging the overall effectiveness of treatment options for laryngeal cancer.
Author Affiliations: Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
|
