The employment status of total laryngectomy patients in Japan and its association with their QOL
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Kazuyo Iwanaga, RN; Kumiko Kotake, RN; Kaori Haba, RN, PHN; Yoshimi Suzukamo; Ichiro Kai, MD, MPH; Aya Takahashi, RN, PHN; Yoko Ishibashi, RN
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Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016 and Thursday, July 21, 2016:
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether those who underwent total laryngectomy are working or not from before surgery to 12 months after discharge from hospital for clarifying its association with their QOL and the change of their QOL.
Methods: Sixty-four patients who underwent total laryngectomy in 3 hospitals in the Kyushu area agreed to participate in the research. Subjects were 26 patients who completed all questionnaire items before surgery and 3, 6, 12 months after discharge from hospital. They were asked about age, sex, QOL, and employment status. Information on their diagnosis and disease stage was collected from their medical record. SF-36v2 was used in the analysis of the QOL data. SF-36v2 is a comprehensive QOL scale composed of 8 items: physical functioning (PF), role physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), social functioning (SF), general health perception (GH), vitality (VT), role emotional (RE), and mental health (MH). We also collected descriptive statistics of basic attributes. Norm-Based Scoring (NBS) was used for calculating descriptive statistics of QOL scale scores. Analysis of covariance was conducted with QOL as a dependent variable, and a period and employment status as independent variables (p < 0.05). This research was approved by Research Ethics Committees in an institution to which authors belong and in those hospitals surveyed.
Results: Subjects' average age and sex were 67.3 (ranging from 46-82 years) and 23 males (88.5%) and 3 females (11.5%). The diagnosis showed 2 larynx cancer (38.5%), 11 hypopharynx cancer (42.3%), and 5 oropharyngeal cancer (19.2%). Disease stages were 2 for stage I disease (7.7%) , 3 for stage II disease (11.5%), 9 for stage III disease (34.6%) and 12 for stage IV disease (46.2%). Employment status was 15 employed (57.7%), 10 unemployed (38.5%), and 1 non-answer (3.8%) before surgery; 9 employed (34.6%), 11 unemployed (42.3%), an 6 non-answer (23.1%) 3 months after discharge from hospital; 10 employed (38.5%) and 16 unemployed (61.5%) 6 months after discharge from hospital; and 8 employed (30.8%), 17 unemployed (65.4%), and 1 non-answer (3.8%) 12 months after discharge from hospital. There was no statistically significant difference of QOL between the employed and the unemployed before surgery, 3 and 6 months after discharge from hospital on PF_N, PR_N, BP_N, GH_N, VT_N, SF_N, RE_N, and MH_N. There were statistically significant differences between the employed and the unemployed on following items. PF_N and SF_N were 30.8 +/- 5.3 and 34.5 +/- 4.1 (least square means S.E) for the employed and 41.5+/-3.4 and 46.0+/-3.1 for the unemployed. SF_N of the employed was 44.1+/-3.1 before surgery and 29.8+/-3.8 3 month after discharge from hospital. RP_N of the unemployed was 42.1+/-4.7 before surgery, 24.2+/-4.4 3 months after discharge from hospital, and 41.5+/-3.4 12 months after discharge from hospital. NH_N of the unemployed was 34.4+/-3.8 before surgery and 51.0+/-3.0 12 months after discharge from hospital.
Conclusion: Total laryngectomy surgery brings about a variety of physical problems such as the loss of vocal function, the change of breathing route by the placement of tracheostomy tubes, the increase of accompanying cough and phlegm, and the changes of swallowing function and physical appearance (Armstrong et al., 2001). It is considered that these physical problems lead to unemployment by causing the loss or restriction of human relations and social contribution. Kotake and others (2006) revealed the problems of the breakdown of social life such as the staying at home without getting in touch with family members which laryngectomy patients face. It is also clarified that the breakdown of social life causes psychological trauma and mental disorder with high frequency (Bussian et al., 2010). These physical, psychological, and social problems lead to the impairment of QOL among those who underwent laryngectomy in a significant way. This research also showed that PF_N and SF_N among the unemployed were statistically significantly high 12 months after discharge from hospital. This research also showed that PF_N and SF_N among the unemployed were statistically significantly high 12 months after discharge from hospital. There was a significant difference between SF_N of the employed before surgery and 3 months after discharge from hospital, a period soon after the return to work after surgery. It has been clarified that writing and electrolarynx speech were most used as a communication method during this period (Kotake et al., 2012). Yet, these communication tools are not considered to be effective in creating working relationship with other workers. There was a significant difference between RP_N of the unemployed before surgery and 3 months after discharge from hospital, and between 3 months and 12 months after discharge from hospital. Around 3 months after discharge from hospital they start to reconstruct their lives without support from medical professionals. This lack of support is considered to lead to a drop of RP among patients who continue to stay home without working outside. MH_N was the lowest before surgery and improved gradually. It is expected that the unemployed tend to be housebound, therefore, medical professionals must provide sustained support since before surgery. There are few longitudinal data on this subject, therefore, we need to continue to study the process in a sustained research project.
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Keywords | Total Laryngectomy Patients; Employment Status; QOL |
Name | 27th international Nursing Research Congress |
Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
Date | 2016 |
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