Quality of life in patients with adenoid and tonsil surgery. “Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso”, Cuenca. January 2012 - june 2016

Authors

  • Angélica Viviana Sánchez Zamora Médica. Postgradista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires - Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Cosme Argerich. Especialidad Cirugía General. Cuenca – Azuay – Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9717-4298
  • Amanda Carla Saquisilí Reyes Médica. Postgradista de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana. Neurocirugía. Cuenca – Azuay – Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1843-8740
  • Segundo Napoleón Alvarado Becerra Doctor en Medicina y Cirugía. Especializado en Otorrinolaringología. Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Carrera de Medicina. Cuenca – Azuay – Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5656-6124

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.38.03.02

Keywords:

quality of life, adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Objective: to determine the quality of life (QoL) of patients before and after: adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy and/or adenotonsillectomy; who were operated in the Otorhinolaryngology Service of the “Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso”, from January 2012 to June 2016.

Methodology: it is a quantitative, descriptive, observational, retrospective study; 74 patients from 0 to 14 years operated on adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy and/or adenotonsillectomy at the Otorhinolaryngology Service of “Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso” (HVCM). The information was collected from medical records and data collection forms which consists the demographic variables, the OSA-18 Questionnaire and the Graffar Scale modified. Statistical measures, absolute frequency, and percentage were used; the McNemar Test was calculated using the SPSS 15.00 program, version evaluation.

Results: in this study, the mean age was 7.01 ± 3.32, the lower middle socioeconomic level prevailed 39.2%, hypertrophy of adenoids and / or palatine tonsils was the most frequent pathology in males 56.8%, adenotonsillectomy was 59.5% The most frequently performed surgery, there are statistically significant differences in QoL before and after surgical treatment, McNemar p = 0.000a.

Conclusions: HVCM patients with adenoid hypertrophy and/or palatine tonsils hypertrophy improved their QoL after the surgical treatment.

Key words: quality of life, adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy.

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Published

2021-04-06

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 3 (2020): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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