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Relationship between quality of life instruments and phonatory function in tracheoesophageal speech with voice prosthesis

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Abstract

Background

The use of tracheoesophageal speech with voice prosthesis (T-E speech) after total laryngectomy has increased recently as a method of vocalization following laryngeal cancer. Previous research has not investigated the relationship between quality of life (QOL) and phonatory function in those using T-E speech. This study aimed to demonstrate the relationship between phonatory function and both comprehensive health-related QOL and QOL related to speech in people using T-E speech.

Methods

The subjects of the study were 20 male patients using T-E speech after total laryngectomy. At a visit to our clinic, the subjects underwent a phonatory function test and completed three questionnaires: the MOS 8-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-8), the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10), and the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) Measure.

Results

A significant correlation was observed between the physical component summary (PCS), a summary score of SF-8, and VHI-10. Additionally, a significant correlation was observed between the SF-8 mental component summary (MCS) and both VHI-10 and VRQOL. Significant correlations were also observed between voice intensity in the phonatory function test and both VHI-10 and V-RQOL. Finally, voice intensity was significantly correlated with the SF-8 PCS.

Conclusions

QOL questionnaires and phonatory function tests showed that, in people using T-E speech after total laryngectomy, voice intensity was correlated with comprehensive QOL, including physical and mental health. This finding suggests that voice intensity can be used as a performance index for speech rehabilitation.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26861888.

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  1. Division of Medical Education, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8503, Japan

    Masayuki Miyoshi

  2. Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Tottori University, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

    Masayuki Miyoshi

  3. Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8503, Japan

    Takahiro Fukuhara & Hideyuki Kataoka

  4. School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8503, Japan

    Hideyuki Kataoka & Hiroshi Hagino

  5. Rehabilitation Division, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

    Hiroshi Hagino

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Miyoshi, M., Fukuhara, T., Kataoka, H. et al. Relationship between quality of life instruments and phonatory function in tracheoesophageal speech with voice prosthesis. Int J Clin Oncol 21, 402–408 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-015-0886-4

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