OBJECTIVES: To assess the scores of those who are eligible to be listed for tonsillectomy through compliance with the SIGN guidelines for any trends or range. DESIGN: A prospective study of all @entity1 (aged 16 or above) listed for elective tonsillectomy from a nurse led tonsil clinic. @entity1 were given a TOI-14 questionnaire to complete after they had been added to the waiting list for surgery, but before undergoing tonsillectomy. Scores were assessed using SPSS. SETTING: Outpatient clinic. @entity1 : @entity1 aged over 16 listed for Tonsillectomy via SIGN Guideline 117. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Scores from TOI-14, completed pre-operatively. RESULTS: 155 @entity1 were listed from the nurse led clinic from October 2012 to August 2014; 5 questionnaires were excluded for being incomplete. The score range was 55 (15-70), with a calculated mean score of 45.62 and standard deviation of 9.701. Over 95% of results were within 2 standard deviations of the mean. A calculated negative skew also confirms that most @entity1 who have clinical indications for tonsillectomy compliant with the SIGN guidelines show a higher score on the TOI-14. CONCLUSION: This analysis indicates a trend of pre-intervention scores on the TOI-14 questionnaire for those @entity1 who have a SIGN guideline compliant clinical indication for a tonsillectomy. We therefore propose that this suggests correlation between 'clinically strong' indication for @entity5389 and @entity1 perceived Quality of Life impact.

Does the quality of life XXXX correlate with SIGN guideline compliance? An assessment of range and normality.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity5389 :: ('MESH:D014069', 'Disease') :: ['tonsillitis']
@entity5389 :: (MESH:D014069,Disease) :: ['impact of tonsillitis']
