Sleep quality of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a prospective longitudinal study with 5-year follow-up

• Published in: Scientific reports 2022-11, Vol.12 (1), p.18823-18823, Article 18823
• Main Authors: Koo, Dae Lim, Park, Yangmi, Nam, Hyunwoo, Chai, Young Jun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 631/378/1385; 631/67/1536; Adult; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Patients; Prospective Studies; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sleep; Sleep and wakefulness; Sleep deprivation; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Sleep Quality; Sleep Wake Disorders - diagnosis; Sleep Wake Disorders - etiology; Sleepiness; Surgery; Surveys and Questionnaires; Thyroid; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid Cancer, Papillary - surgery; Thyroid Neoplasms - complications; Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery; Thyroidectomy
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23549-3

We evaluated the pre- and postoperative sleep quality of patients with newly diagnosed papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) who underwent thyroid surgery, and investigated the factors associated with persistent poor sleep quality. The Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), Epworth sleepiness scale, and Stanford sleepiness scale were used to estimate sleep quality and daytime sleepiness. Face-to-face surveys were conducted preoperatively, and 1, 4, and 10 months after thyroid surgery. The PSQI was administered during a telephone interview about after 5 years after surgery. Forty-six patients (mean age 47.3 ± 10.1 years) with PTC (11 males, 35 females) were included in this study. Twenty-one participants underwent lobectomy and 25 underwent total thyroidectomy. Preoperatively, 35 (76.1%) patients showed poor sleep quality. PSQI scores at postoperative 1, 4, and 10 months were significantly lower than preoperative scores ( p