caa a22 4500 606186360 CHVBK 20210128100836.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3066-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3066-7 Treatment expectations and quality of life outcomes of patients with laryngeal cancer based on different treatment methods [Elektronische Daten] [Harun Kucuk, Senem Kurnaz, Gokhan Kutlar] The treatment expectations of patients with laryngeal carcinoma and their quality of life after treatment were evaluated. We enrolled patients who were receiving treatment for epidermoid carcinoma of the larynx between January 2011 and January 2012. Their expectations from the treatment were evaluated using the visual analog scale (VAS) prior to and at the end of the treatment. Quality of life was assessed using the EORTC QLQ C 30 and EORTC H&N 35 questionnaires 3months after completion of the treatment. In addition, the Beck Depression Inventory was used for mood assessment of the patients after treatment. As per the VAS scores pre-treatment, no differences were found between treatment expectations of early and advanced-stage tumors groups in pre-treatment expectations, but post-treatment evaluation statistically found difference between two groups in terms of average VAS score. Emotional, cognitive, and social functions of the EORTC QLQ C 30 questionnaire were the most affected items in the advanced-stage tumor group. Sense and speech problems in the symptom scales of the EORTC H&N 35 questionnaire were found to be significantly higher in patients with advanced-stage tumors than in those with early stage tumors. The present study is the first to assess the treatment expectations of patients with laryngeal carcinoma by using the VAS. Although the treatment expectations of the patients with early and advanced-stage tumors did not differ according to VAS scores in pre-treatment evaluation, early stage groups had better score than advanced-stage group. VAS was an easy and a simple applicable method for evaluating treatment expectations. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Laryngeal carcinoma nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Visual analog scale nationallicence EORTC QLQ C-30 nationallicence EORTC H&N 35 nationallicence Kucuk Harun Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Batman Regional State Hospital, Batman, Turkey aut Kurnaz Senem Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey aut Kutlar Gokhan Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/5(2015-05-01), 1245-1250 0937-4477 272:5<1245 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3066-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3066-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kucuk Harun Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Batman Regional State Hospital, Batman, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kurnaz Senem Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kutlar Gokhan Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/5(2015-05-01), 1245-1250 0937-4477 272:5<1245 2015 272 405