title: Improvements in health and behaviour following childhood tonsillectomy: a parental perspective at 1 year.
abstract: To determine subjective parental impressions following routine tonsillectomy we have interviewed the parents of 80 children 1 year following the procedure. Results show that the procedure carried a 100% parental satisfaction rating. All parents felt their child's symptoms of recurrent acute tonsillitis had improved and over 90% of parents felt their child's general health had improved. Sixty-four percent of the parent population reported a noticeable improvement in their child's sleeping pattern and over 30% described an improvement in their child's general behavior. Although this study reports subjective data, and we do not have a comparable control population, these findings provide an interesting insight into parental impressions regarding alterations in their child's health, sleep pattern and behaviour following this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, National Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Conlon
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: McShane
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012890:Sleep; D013997:Time Factors; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome