Vocational and social adjustment after laryngectomy.
This study examined the vocational and social adjustment of 62 persons with cancer of the larynx. Predisability data were obtained by interview on 14 measures which assessed the vocational, social, and home adjustment prior to cancer. Post-disability data were obtained after laryngectomy by interview on 21 measures of adjustment. Additional measures include severity of laryngeal cancer classified by clinival stages, total or partial laryngectomy, presence of radiation therapy, presence of speech, months since surgery, age, sex, education, and marital status. The best predictors of vocational and social adjustment after laryngectomy were: removation, realism, rehabiltation outlook, previous vocational plans, highest educational grade, educational plans, and acquisition of speech. There were no significant differences in adjustment among patients in different clinical stages.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013060:Speech; D013997:Time Factors