Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Su, Zhen-Zhong
• Xian, Zhi-Xiong
• Chai, Li-Ping
• Jiang, Ai-Yun
• Luo, Fu-Tian

Titel

Investigation and analysis of quality of life for patients after laryngectomy

Ist Teil von

• Zhonghua er bi yan hou ke za zhi, 2004-06, Vol.39 (6), p.364

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To institute and test the quality of life for laryngectomy, and evaluate the feasibility of above questionnaire in patients after laryngectomy. A questionnaire of quality of life for laryngectomy was instituted. An investigation was conducted in patients treated by partial (36, Group A) or total (45, Group B) laryngectomy for laryngeal cancer with above questionnaire. The feasibility, reliability and validity of the questionnaire was evaluated, the quality of life and the influencing factors in laryngectomy were also analyzed. The questionnaire of quality of life for laryngectomy consists of 22 items, covering six aspects. The questionnaire has a comparatively good reliability, and the criterion-related validity and content validity of the questionnaire is valid. The correlation coefficient of split-half method and Cronback's alpha of questionnaire were 0.842 and 0.889 respectively. The composite quality of life scores of group A were significant higher than those of group B ( P < 0.001). The differences in p