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- Title
Completion of speech therapy for patients after pharyngoplasty.
- Authors
YANG Yang; JIANG Li-ping; WANG Guo-min; WU Dan-dan; WAN Teng; CHEN Yang; WU Yi-lai; LIU Qiong
- Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the outcome and relevant influential factors of speech theraphy for patients after pharyngoplasty. METHODS: One hundred and fifty-four males and 138 females after pharyngoplasty with the average age of 14.57 years were included in the study. They were invited to answer the questions in a standard follow -up questionnaire on telephone, then the completion status of speech therapy and the relevant influential factors were analyzed. RESULTS: In the telephone follow up study, 21.57% of the 292 patients were lost follow-up and 41.44% of the 292 patients(also 52.84%.of the patients who could been contacted) finally complete the speech therapy. The other patients didn't complete the treatment due to various reasons including long distance, economic capacity, parents education level, psychological factor, lack of time and, etc. CONCLUSION: The completion percentage of speech therapy in patients with pharyngoplasty is still on a low-level and the influential factors were complex, individualized treatment for every patient is advocated. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (81070813) and Research Fund of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (08411967900).
- Subjects
SPEECH therapy; PHARYNX surgery; PLASTIC surgery; INDIVIDUALIZED medicine; HEALTH outcome assessment; FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine); MEDICAL statistics
- Publication
China Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 2012, Vol 10, Issue 4, p292
- ISSN
1672-3244
- Publication type
Article