title: Quality of life measures and predictors for adults with unilateral vocal cord paralysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the quality of life (QoLF) status of Taiwanese adults with unilateral vocal cord paralysis (UVCP).
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective, QoLF survey in a tertiary referral voice center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-five consecutive UVCP patients were evaluated with Medical Outcome Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey and the voice outcome survey at entry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  UVCP patients have significantly lower scores in all eight SF-36 subscales (P < .05) than do normative Taiwan adult population, particularly in role functioning-physical problems, social functioning, and role functioning-emotional problems. Shimmer parameter is a robust and consistent predictor for bodily pain (beta = -20.8), role functioning-emotional problems (beta = -27.9), and social functioning (beta = -20) general health dimensions. Shimmer is also predictive of UVCP-related total voice outcome survey score (beta = -8.6, P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  UVCP can seriously compromise phonation, swallowing, and social functions; thus significantly impacting a patient's general health status. Voice physiological function is also a QoLF outcome indicator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tuan-Jen
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Hsueh-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gliklich
authors.forename: Ya-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Pa-Chun
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hsiu-Feng
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D014833:Voice Quality