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Observational studyCoDAS2022

Voice-related quality of life and emotional symptoms before and after thyroidectomy.

Gustavo Batista de Oliveira, Thais Jejesky de Oliveira, Marco Homero de Sá Santos, Ricardo Mai Rocha, Michelle Ferreira Guimarães, Elma Heitmann Mares Azevedo

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Gustavo Batista de OliveiraDepartamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES - Vitória (ES), Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2084-7543
Thais Jejesky de OliveiraDepartamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES - Vitória (ES), Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2172-314X
Marco Homero de Sá SantosHospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes - EBSERH - Vitória (ES), Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6097-0971
Ricardo Mai RochaHospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes - EBSERH - Vitória (ES), Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5283-6860
Michelle Ferreira GuimarãesDepartamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES - Vitória (ES), Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1707-2321
Elma Heitmann Mares AzevedoDepartamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES - Vitória (ES), Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2622-3232

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Abstract

purposeTo correlate voice-related quality of life, anxiety, and depression symptoms pre- and post-thyroidectomy.

methodsObservational, longitudinal, prospective, and quantitative study. Twenty patients participated in the study, with a mean age of 54 years, who underwent thyroidectomy, laryngeal visual examination, and the Voice-Related Quality of Life and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaires at different times: preoperative, 1 week and 3 months post-thyroidectomy, with a higher prevalence of females (85%; n=17) and partial thyroidectomy (70%; n=14).

resultsThere was no statistical difference in voice quality of life between the moments, but lower preoperative scores were observed, especially in the physical domain. We observed a slight trace of anxiety in the preoperative period, with a reduction after 1 week and an increase after 3 months. There was a moderate negative correlation between the physical domain of QVV and the anxiety subscale and the total HADS score after 1 week and between the total domain of QVV with the total HADS score after 1 week, weak negative correlation between the total domain of QVV and the HADS anxiety subscale after 1 week and the total HADS score after 3 months.

conclusionThe patients evaluated in this study self-perceived their voice-related quality of life as positive. Mild anxiety traits were identified, with a reduction after one week postoperatively and an increase after three months. The self-perception of better voice-related quality of life in the postoperative period is weakly related to the reduction of anxiety levels.

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Quality of LifeVoice DisordersFemaleHumansMiddle AgedProspective StudiesThyroidectomyVoice Quality

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PMCPMC9886117

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