[Rehabilitation following laryngectomy from the viewpoint of the affected patients].
This study is based on a questionaire sent to members of the German laryngectomee association. The analyses of the answers provide important positive and negative information concerning the rehabilitation: Generally the patient was reintegrated into the family without incident. 59.2% learned oesophageal voice, but 28% acquired no effective substitute voice. 39% of patients and 51% of their relatives did not become acquainted with first-aid for neck-breathers (mouth to neck resuscitation). 19.5% resumed their former work. During the preoperative course, 36% of the patients waited 3 to 6 months from the beginning of their complaints to the first medical consultation. In 51% of the cases the interval from first complaints to the surgical treatment was more than three months. These results demonstrate shortcomings in rehabilitation which require attention.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006294:Health Resorts; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007831:Larynx, Artificial; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012944:Social Support; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal / Q000523:psychology
Die Rehabilitation nach Laryngektomie aus der Sicht der Betroffenen.