title: Assessing the impact adenotonsilectomy has on the lives of children with hypertrophy of palatine and pharyngeal tonsils.
abstract: The hypertrophy of the palatine and pharyngeal tonsils is extremely common in children, being one of the most frequent causes of visits to otolaryngologists and such problem can impair the child's quality of life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the impact of adenotonsillectomy on the lives of children with hypertrophied tonsils.
  
  
  METHODS
  Contemporary longitudinal cohort study. A specific questionnaire used to evaluate the quality of life - OSD-6, was given to seventy five parents or guardians of children previously submitted to adenotonsillectomy, before the surgery and thirty days afterwards.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The adenotonsillectomy provided a significant reduction in the questionnaire score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Snoring and nasal obstruction were the symptoms with the highest scores. There is a great concern from the parents with the snoring of the children and a poor statistic correlation between the degree of obstruction degree and a worse quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adenotonsillectomy causes a relevant impact in the quality of life of children with tonsil hypertrophy.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Do Vale Do Itajaí, Santa Catarina. b_beraldin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Bernard Soccol
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Beraldin
authors.forename: Tatiana Rocha
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Rayes
authors.forename: Paulo Henrique
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Villela
authors.forename: Denise Marchi
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ranieri
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000601:surgery; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D012913:Snoring / Q000601:surgery; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000601:surgery; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014068:Tonsillectomy