ABSTRACT
Objective: to determine the health related quality of life benefits derived from tonsillectomy in adult patients of chronic or recurrent tonsillitis
Patients and methods: a cross sectional study of 85 adult patients carried out in ENT department of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi from January 2010 to February 2011 with the written and informed consent of patients. All were of age 18 years or greater and of either sex with the diagnosis of chronic tonsillitis or recurrent tonsillitis. There complete correspondence addresses with phone numbers were noted and they all were called back again after a lapse of 6-months post-operation to fill in the questionnaire, Glasgow Benefit Inventory [GBI]. Analysis of data was done by SPSS version 11.0
Result: good scores were noted on the Glasgow Benefit Inventory. Total score was +45.29 [p-value <0.0001]. The subscale scoring was general subscale score +44.10 [p-value <0.0001]; social subscale score, no change i.e. 0 and physical health subscale score +79.62 [p-value <0.0001]
Conclusion: the result thus proves that post-tonsillectomy the HRQOL is improved and the procedure of tonsillectomy is beneficial in terms of improved quality of life