Richardson J L
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1983 Apr;64(4):172-5.
In-depth interviews were conducted with 60 laryngectomy patients. Data were collected on postsurgical rehabilitation in terms of employment, speech, and social functioning. Analysis of the data indicated that only one-third of the respondents were working fulltime or parttime. Twenty-six (43%) of the respondents were retired or not working, due to their health. Employment after surgery was not statistically related to the other measures of rehabilitation success that indicated levels of social functioning in general. In addition, most of the respondents did not cite employer discrimination as their reason for not working. Failure to work after surgery appeared in most cases to be initiated by the respondent, and did not indicate a failure to achieve a high level of rehabilitation in other areas of functioning.
对60名喉切除患者进行了深入访谈。收集了有关就业、言语和社会功能方面术后康复的数据。数据分析表明，只有三分之一的受访者全职或兼职工作。26名（43%）受访者因健康原因退休或没有工作。术后就业与表明总体社会功能水平的其他康复成功指标在统计学上没有关联。此外，大多数受访者没有将雇主歧视作为不工作的原因。术后不工作在大多数情况下似乎是由受访者主动提出的，并不表明在其他功能领域未能实现高水平的康复。
