The quality of life of the patients who underwent surgical treatment on oncological pathology of thyroid gland

Abstract

Backgrounds and aims

We examined 56 patients, who were operated on oncological pathology of thyroid (operation was performed from 1 to 10 years ago). The patients took the course of radioiodine therapy and obtained life-time substitutional therapy with L-thyroxin.

Methods:

To assess the quality of life during the after operation period we used the Russian language version of the questionnaire SF (36 (Medical Outcomes Study Short Form) (Ware J.E., 1993).

Results:

The quality of life in case of cancer of thyroid gland, as compared to the sample group, appeared to be significantly decreased in all the scales of the questionnaire SF-36. With reliability of P<0,05, as compared to the sample group, the following indices decreased: physical functioning (69,1±2,8 и 92,1±2,4); the role of physical problems in the restriction of vital activity (22,3±4,0 и 70,2±6,8); social functioning (42,0±1,6 и 52,8±2,3); the role of emotional problems in the restriction of vital activity (19,6±5,4 и 73,1±8,9).

Conclusions:

These data indicate to the prolonged effect of the psychotraumatic experience and the changes of subjective perception of one's social status. The data obtained show the significant influence of psychological aspects of the perception of the case of cancer of thyroid gland on the level of subjective assessment of vital activity and, as a result, social adaptation.