The effects of indwelling voice prosthesis on the quality of life, depressive symptoms, and self-esteem in patients with total laryngectomy
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Tarih
2015
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Springer
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
This study aims to evaluate the effects of voice rehabilitation with indwelling voice prosthesis on quality of life, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and sexual functions in laryngectomy patients. Provox-1 (TM) was applied to 30 patients who underwent total laryngectomy by opening a tracheoesophageal fistula. WHO Quality of Life-BREF, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Arizona Sexual Experience Scale forms were asked to be filled out by the patients before voice prosthesis application. These tests were asked to be filled out again 3 months later after the voice prosthesis application. Paired samples and Wilcoxon tests were used to compare before and after operation values. Indwelling voice prosthesis was found to improve quality of life, self-esteem, and sexual function (p < 0.05). Additionally, symptoms of depression and anxiety were regressed (p < 0.05). Indwelling voice prosthesis was found to especially increase the quality of life and decrease depression (p < 0.05). This study is an uncontrolled single-arm study comparing patients' psychosocial statuses pre- and post-voice prosthesis.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Total Laryngectomy, Voice Prosthesis, Quality Of Life, Anxiety, Self-Esteem, Neck-Cancer, Tracheoesophageal Speech, Vocal Rehabilitation, Head, Restoration, Reliability, Esophageal, Experience, Inventory, Validity
Kaynak
European Archives Of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
WoS Q Değeri
Q2
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Q1
Cilt
272
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11
