Voice-related Quality of Life in Laryngectomees: Assessment Using the VHI and V-RQOL Symptom Scales

Journal of Voice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 728-734

  Kazi, R ^a,b   De Cordova, J ^a   Singh, A ^a   Venkitaraman, R ^a   Nutting, C M ^a   Clarke, P ^a   Rhys Evans, P ^a   Harrington, K J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Total laryngectomy; Voice handicap index; Voice related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVED SPEECH; VOICE; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX; VOICE RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE SYMPTOM SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 35848948840     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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