ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2012
Correlation between coping strategies and subjective assessment of the voice-related quality of life of patients after resection of T1 and T2 laryngeal tumours.
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- Monitoring and Evaluation of Late Functional Outcome in Post-treatment Follow-Up in Clinical Routine Setting.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Review
- A pilot study about speech changes after partial Tucker's laryngectomy: the reduction of regressive voicing assimilation.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2015Article
- Assessing quality of life in patients after partial laryngectomy.Hippokratia · 2014Article
- Expression of selected regulatory molecules on the CD83+ monocyte-derived dendritic cells generated from patients with laryngeal cancer and their clinical significance.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2013Article
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Abstract
When coming to terms with a diagnosis of laryngeal cancer, patients find different ways of coping with their illness. These may or may not be related to communication. Vocal aspects of quality of life are particularly important with cancer of the larynx. The correlation between coping and subjective assessment of the voice-related quality of life was assessed in a cross-sectional study of patients after resection of T1 and T2 laryngeal tumours. As part of follow-up care, 55 male cancer patients with partial laryngectomy were asked about their voice-related quality of life and their coping strategies. The Voice-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (V-RQOL) and the Trier Coping Scales (TCS) were used as survey instruments. The voice-related quality of life of the patients was assessed on average as medium to good. The coping strategy most frequently chosen by patients was 'threat prevention', followed by 'search for social integration', 'rumination', 'search for information and experience exchange' and 'search for support in religion'. Correlations between coping strategy and the voice-related quality of life were weak to moderate and somewhat inconsistent in this patient population. There was no consistent or strong correlation between voice-related quality of life and coping strategies in male patients with partial laryngectomy, so that individual differences appeared to be more important in coping with illness than primarily voice-related factors such as the voice-related quality of life.
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