caa a22 4500 388083530 CHVBK 20180307125224.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199902 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100143385 doi S0022215100143385 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100143385 Tonsillectomy: assessment of quality by consultation rate after discharge [Elektronische Daten] The aim of this prospective study was to establish a measure of short-term quality of treatment after tonsillectomy/adenotonsillectomy. One hundred and thirty-four questionnaires, returned after 14 days, from 41 children and 93 adults were analysed. Forty-seven per cent had one or more consultations with health-care professionals. Eighty-three consultations by telephone and 33 consultations in person were made. Two recent studies reported higher consultation rates in person to doctors compared to this study. The predominant reason for consulting health-care professionals was pain. Maximum pain scores were significantly higher among those with consultations vs. no consultations (p = 0.0001). Additionally, the intensity as well as the duration of maximal pain increased with the number of contacts per patient (p = 0.0001, p = 0.0045). Sixty-four per cent felt relieved after consultation by telephone and 83 per cent felt relieved after consultation in person. The present study suggests consultation rate as a parameter of quality of treatment and quality of information. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Tonsillectomy nationallicence Quality control nationallicence Rungby Jeanne A. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, County Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. Rømeling Frans Department of Otorhinolaryngology, County Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. Borum Peter Department of Otorhinolaryngology, County Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/2(1999-02), 135-139 0022-2151 113:2<135 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100143385 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100143385 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rungby Jeanne A. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, County Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rømeling Frans Department of Otorhinolaryngology, County Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Borum Peter Department of Otorhinolaryngology, County Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/2(1999-02), 135-139 0022-2151 113:2<135 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge