Interpretation of Tonsillectomy Outcome Inventory-14 scores: a prospective matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Knowledge of disease-specific instruments enables the evaluation of health- related quality-of-life (QoL) change associated with chronic and recurrent tonsillitis in adults. The main objective was to explore the interpretation of scores according to the throat-related QoL instrument, Tonsillectomy Outcome Inventory-14 (TOI-14), by determining the typical scores in healthy subjects and patients and define the minimum important change (MIC).

Methods

We performed a prospective matched cohort study in a secondary care area of Oulu University Hospital. The surgical cohort consisted of 42 patients referred to tonsillectomy due to recurrent or chronic tonsillitis. The control cohort consisted of 42 age- and sex-matched healthy controls obtained from the escorts of patients

SUBMITTER: Laajala A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160096 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature