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Voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL) outcomes in laryngectomees

✍ Scribed by Roger V. Moukarbel; Philip C. Doyle; John H. Yoo; Jason H. Franklin; Adam M. B. Day; Kevin Fung

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
128 KB
Volume
33
Category
Article
ISSN
1043-3074

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background.

Laryngeal cancer has a significant impact on patients. This study compared the Voice‐Related Quality of Life (V‐RQOL) outcomes specific to 3 different postlaryngectomy voice rehabilitation methods.

Methods.

We conducted a retrospective review of 75 patients with laryngectomy from our V‐RQOL questionnaire database.

Results.

The database included 18 electrolaryngeal speech (ELS), 15 esophageal speech (ES), and 42 tracheoesophageal speech (TES) patients. Pairwise comparisons of V‐RQOL outcomes showed that TES was perceived to be better than ELS (p < .001). ES was perceived as better than ELS, but this was driven by a difference in the total and social–emotional V‐RQOL scores (p < .05). There was no difference between TES and ES groups. Only ELS showed a positive correlation with time after surgery and older age.

Conclusions.

Patients using TES had similar V‐RQOL outcomes compared to ES and both performed significantly better than ELS. For ELS, the total V‐RQOL score was better with longer time after surgery and older age. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2011

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