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August 27-28, 2018 | London, UK
International Conference on
Healthcare and Health Management
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Joint Event
&
Journal of Public Health Policy and Planning | Volume: 2
Similarities and differences in QOL before and after the 3-year laryngectomized patients
Eriko Sunaga
1,2
, Hiroko Tadaura
2
, Nana Kurakata
1
, Koki Miura
1
, Yuichiro Tada
1
, Tatsuo masubuchi
1
, Chihiro Fushimi
1
, Kumiko Yasuoka
1
,
Tomoko Komathuzaki
1
and
Yukiko Kanno
1
1
International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital, Japan
2
International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
Introduction:
Many reports indicate that treatment
evaluation of head and neck cancer therapy should include
both survival rate after treatment and patient QOL. Recent
studies have increasingly included reports of QOL in head and
neck cancer patients. However, few studies have examined
the QOL of laryngectomized patients in detail. In this study,
comparison were conducted on similarity and differences in
the2groupshavingdifferentelapsedyearsaftertheoperation.
Methods:
Subjects completed EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-
H&N35, and questionnaire surveys. Subjects were divided
intogroupswith<3or≥3yearsafter laryngectomizedpatients.
Results:
Sixty-two subjects (79.4%) completed the
questionnaire. Thirty-one subjects (64.6 [range, 60.0-71.0]
years) were in the <3 years after surgery group; the other
31 subjects, (68.9 [range, 65.0-71.0] years) were in another
group over 3 years after surgery. Swallowing had a positive
correlation with all items (hn5) (hn6) (hn7) (hn8) for patients
in both groups. Sense problems had a strong positive
correlation with all items for patients in both groups. Speech
problems had a especially for patients in the <3 years after
surgery groups. Trouble with social eating was positively
correlatedwith trouble eating (hn19), eating in front of family
(hn20), and eating in front of others (hn21) in both groups.
There was a strong correlation among these 3 items in the ≥3
years after surgery groups. Trouble with social contact had a
strong correlation with trouble going out in public (hn27) in
the <3 years after surgery group. Less sexuality was strongly
correlated with all items (hn29, hn30) for both groups.
Conclusion:
There was a correlation between sense problems
and less sexuality for laryngectomized patients, regardless of
postoperative years. Speech problems and Trouble with social
contact showed correlations only for patients in the ≥3 years
after surgery group.
Ethics and Dissemination:
Ethical approval has been granted by
Ethics Committees of the hospital and International University
Health and Welfare(5-16-13).
Speaker Biography
Eriko Sunaga is enrolled in the master course of International University of Health and
Welfare graduate school of nursing Tokyo, Japan and is working as a nurse at the head and
neck tumor center of Mita Hospital.
e:
sunasunaerieri@yahoo.co.jp