Assessing the impact adenotonsilectomy has on the lives of children with hypertrophy of palatine and pharyngeal tonsils.
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.
Beraldin
Bernard Soccol
BS
Universidade Do Vale Do Itajaí, Santa Catarina. b_beraldin@hotmail.com
Rayes
Tatiana Rocha
TR
Villela
Paulo Henrique
PH
Ranieri
Denise Marchi
DM
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