Assessment of preoperative psychologic distress in laryngeal cancer patients

Acta Oto-laryngologica
Yiru WangXia Shen

Abstract

Preoperative psychologic distress is common in head and neck cancer patients and related to deleterious effects in patient treatment and recovery. Routine screening and appropriate referral of all patients with cancer for psychiatric assessment is now a part of the medical treatment. The aim was to assess the level of preoperative psychologic distress in laryngeal cancer patients scheduled for surgical treatment. After the Institutional Review Board approval and informed written consent, 211 patients scheduled for total or partial laryngectomy were interviewed preoperatively. Each patient was asked to fulfil the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Demographic characteristics that may relate to psychologic distress were also recorded. The mean age (+/-SD) was 62.1 (8.2) years. The surgical type was total laryngectomy (n = 79) and partial laryngectomy (n = 132). Median (first/third quartile) HADS score was 6 (3/10). A total of 39.6% patients had psychologic distress. The HADS score was higher for total laryngectomy patients than partial laryngectomy patients [7 (4/10) versus 5 (3/10), p < .05]. Age was negatively correlated with HADS score (p = .049). Our study showed that laryngeal cancer patients scheduled for total laryngec...Continue Reading

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May 26, 2021·The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology·Yufeng LiXia Shen
Aug 17, 2021·Journal of Psychosocial Oncology·Julia RoickSusanne Singer

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