PMID- 33502801
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210929
LR  - 20210929
IS  - 1099-1751 (Electronic)
IS  - 0749-6753 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 3
DP  - 2021 May
TI  - Appearance characteristics of incision, satisfaction with the aesthetic effect, 
      and quality of life in of thyroid cancer patients after thyroidectomy.
PG  - 784-792
LID - 10.1002/hpm.3111 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the correlation between satisfaction with 
      aesthetic effect (SAE) and quality of life (QoL) in thyroid cancer patients after 
      thyroidectomy and identify the impact of appearance characteristics of scars on 
      SAE. METHODS: This prospective, single-centre, cross-sectional study from 
      November 2018 to June 2019 enrolled 285 thyroid cancer patients three months 
      after their thyroidectomy. The European Organization for Research and Treatment 
      of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 was used to assess QoL 3 months 
      after thyroidectomy, while the Patient Scar Assessment Scale (PSAS) was used to 
      assess the SAE of patients. RESULTS: The mean PSAS score was 35.00, and the mean 
      QoL score was 69.96. Correlation analysis demonstrated that PSAS was negatively 
      correlated with QoL score. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated 
      that age, marital status, radiotherapy, surgery type, neurological deficits, and 
      PSAS were independent risk factors with decreased QoL. Furthermore, correlation 
      analysis showed that scar colour, stiffness, thickness, irregularity and length 
      were positively correlated with poor PSAS. Scar irregularity and length were 
      independent risk factors with poor PSAS. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that 
      scar irregularity and length were independent risk factors with SAE, and poor SAE 
      was correlated with decreased QoL in thyroid cancer patients after thyroidectomy.
CI  - (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
FAU - Liu, Yong Hong
AU  - Liu YH
AD  - Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 
      City, China.
FAU - Xue, Ling Bo
AU  - Xue LB
AD  - Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 
      City, China.
FAU - Zhang, Shuai
AU  - Zhang S
AD  - The Third Internal Medicine Department, Shijiazhuang Cardiovascular and 
      Cerebrovascular Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, China.
FAU - Yang, Yan Fang
AU  - Yang YF
AD  - Operation Room, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou City, China.
FAU - Li, Jie
AU  - Li J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0216-4995
AD  - Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 
      City, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210127
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Health Plann Manage
JT  - The International journal of health planning and management
JID - 8605825
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Esthetics
MH  - Humans
MH  - Patient Satisfaction
MH  - Personal Satisfaction
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - *Thyroid Neoplasms/surgery
MH  - Thyroidectomy
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aesthetic effect
OT  - quality of life
OT  - thyroid cancer
OT  - thyroidectomy
EDAT- 2021/01/28 06:00
MHDA- 2021/09/30 06:00
CRDT- 2021/01/27 12:18
PHST- 2020/12/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/07/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/12/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/01/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/09/30 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/27 12:18 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/hpm.3111 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 May;36(3):784-792. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3111. Epub 
      2021 Jan 27.