Quality of Life for Patients Post Total Thyroidectomy

Background: Total thyroidectomy involves the complete removal of the thyroid gland and is typically performed for thyroid cancer to eliminate the disease and prevent recurrence. It is also done for large goiters causing obstruction, severe hyperthyroidism when other treatments fail, and suspicious thyroid nodules that may be malignant. Aim: This study aimed to assess the quality of life for patients post-total thyroidectomy. Design: A descriptive explaratory research design was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at the outpatient clinics of Zagazig University Hospital Sample: A purposive sample of 106 adult patients from both genders. Tools: Patient's structured interview questionnaire, WHO Quality of Life Short Form WHOQOL-BREF. Results: 52.8% of the studied patients had satisfactory knowledge regarding thyroid gland and thyroidectomy surgery. Also, shows that, 59.5% of the studied patients had an average quality of life after thyroidectomy. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between total knowledge score and total quality of life score among patient post thyroidectomy. Recommendations: Implementing study on large sample and different hospitals setting in order to generalize the result.