A Patient-Assessed Morbidity to Evaluate Outcome in Surgically Treated Vestibular Schwannomas
Al-Shudifat, Abdul Rahman Mohummad LU ; Kahlon, Babar LU ; Höglund, Peter LU ; Lindberg, Sven LU ; Magnusson, Måns LU
and Siesjö, Peter
LU
(2016)
In World Neurosurgery
94.
p.2-550
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Outcome after treatment of vestibular schwannomas can be evaluated by health providers as mortality, recurrence, performance, and morbidity. Because mortality and recurrence are rare events, evaluation has to focus on performance and morbidity. The latter has mostly been reported by health providers. In the present study, we validate 2 new scales for patient-assessed performance and morbidity in comparison with different outcome tools, such as quality of life (QOL) (European Quality of Life-5 dimensions [EQ-5D]), facial nerve score, and work capacity.
METHODS: There were 167 total patients in a retrospective (n = 90) and prospective (n = 50) cohort of surgically treated vestibular schwannomas. A new patient-assessed... (More)
OBJECTIVE: Outcome after treatment of vestibular schwannomas can be evaluated by health providers as mortality, recurrence, performance, and morbidity. Because mortality and recurrence are rare events, evaluation has to focus on performance and morbidity. The latter has mostly been reported by health providers. In the present study, we validate 2 new scales for patient-assessed performance and morbidity in comparison with different outcome tools, such as quality of life (QOL) (European Quality of Life-5 dimensions [EQ-5D]), facial nerve score, and work capacity.
METHODS: There were 167 total patients in a retrospective (n = 90) and prospective (n = 50) cohort of surgically treated vestibular schwannomas. A new patient-assessed morbidity score (paMS), a patient-assessed Karnofsky score (paKPS), the patient-assessed QOL (EQ-5D) score, work capacity, and the House-Brackmann facial nerve score were used as outcome measures. Analysis of paMS components and their relation to other outcomes was done as uni- and multivariate analysis.
RESULTS: All outcome instruments, except EQ-5D and paKPS, showed a significant decrease postoperatively. Only the facial nerve score (House-Brackmann facial nerve score) differed significantly between the retrospective and prospective cohorts. Out of the 16 components of the paMS, hearing dysfunction, tear dysfunction, balance dysfunction, and eye irritation were most often reported. Both paMS and EQ-5D correlated significantly with work capacity.
CONCLUSIONS: Standard QOL and performance instruments may not be sufficiently sensitive or specific to measure outcome at the cohort level after surgical treatment of vestibular schwannomas. A morbidity score may yield more detailed information on symptoms that can be relevant for rehabilitation and occupational training after surgery.
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- Al-Shudifat, Abdul Rahman Mohummad
LU
; Kahlon, Babar
LU
; Höglund, Peter
LU
; Lindberg, Sven
LU
; Magnusson, Måns
LU
and Siesjö, Peter
LU
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- 2016-10
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- World Neurosurgery
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- 94
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- 2 - 550
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- Elsevier
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- scopus:84992145946
- pmid:27443231
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- 1878-8750
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.07.043
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- English
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