Voice-related Quality of Life in Laryngectomees: Assessment Using the VHI and V-RQOL Symptom Scales

Voice Handicap and Health-Related Quality of Life in Laryngectomees: Assessments with the Use of VHI and EORTC Questionnaires

“…In the present study the majority of patients perceived their VHI to be moderate, a result that is in agreement with previous studies of VHI in laryngectomees [7,9,11] . Mean total VHI for the 43 patients in the present study was 48.0 8 (SD) 21.2, reflecting that 56% scored their VHI between 31 and 60 points.…”

“…Almost a third of the patient group, 28%, assessed their VHI to be severe, whereas 16% scored their handicap as low. In the studies by Schuster et al [9] and Kazi et al [11] , the scores for the patient groups were more equally distributed over the three severity degrees of the VHI.…”

“…In the development of the VHI, laryngectomees constituted a substantial part (26%) of the group of 65 patients who completed the preliminary version. Up until now only a few studies have reported VHI data for laryngectomees [7][8][9][10][11] . Studies by Stewart et al [7] and Schuster et al [10] compared VHI data with aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in laryngectomees.…”

Influência do sexo, idade, profissão e diagnóstico fonoaudiológico na qualidade de vida em voz

“…This fact converges with other studies 21,22 , although it is recognized in the literature that women seek more dysphonia, suggesting that dysphonia compromises the quality of life in a similar way in both groups 2 . These findings can be explained by the fact that professional use of voice possibly resorting to specialized help early, so that the problem does not harm the career or their social life.…”

Stimmbezogene Lebensqualität: Struktur, Gültigkeit und Bedingungsfaktoren des deutschen Fragebogens

“…Zwar gilt heute der VHI [11] als Goldstandard der Messverfahren der stö-rungsspezifischen Betroffenheit durch Dysphonien, doch der jüngere und mit 10 gegenüber 30 Items kürzere Bogen zur stimmbezogenen Lebensqualität V-RQOL [14] kann den VHI in seiner deutschen Version ersetzen [18] . Dasselbe gilt offenbar für die englische Version [30,31] . Bedeutsames Defizit der deutschen Version des V-RQOLFragebogens ist seine anders als beim VHI [32] fehlende Validierung von Struktur und Gültigkeit.…”