NCT03566537

Alterations in Quality of Life After Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 73 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

To detect any changes in Quality of Life in patients with benign thyroid diseases who undergo thyroidectomy compared to patients with benign thyroid diseases and conservative treatment and healthy subjects.

Detailed description

Benign thyroid diseases are a common public health problem. It has been reported that thyroid diseases can affect Quality of Life (QoL), but this is not easy to be assessed. Therefore, a valid instrument is necessary. Such an instrument is Thyroid-related patient-reported outcomes questionnaire (ThyPRO). ThyPRO has been recently translated and validated in Greek language. The questionnaire consists of 85 items grouped in 14 scales concerning goiter, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and eye symptoms, tiredness, cognitive impairment, anxiety, depression, emotional susceptibility, cosmetic complaints and impaired social, and daily and sex life, as well as overall quality of life. A few studies have demonstrated that various thyroid therapies may improve some aspects of QoL. The aim of the present study is to address the impact of thyroidectomy in QoL in patients with benign thyroid diseases.

Conditions

• Benign Thyroid Nodule
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Thyroidectomy	Thyroidectomy

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-11
• Primary completion: 2020-06-11
• Completion: 2021-01-11
• First posted: 2018-06-25
• Last updated: 2021-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece