Vukovic L, Hutchings J
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen's University, Ontario.
J Otolaryngol. 1996 Dec;25(6):404-7.
Most papers on LAUP lack patient evaluation of success rate with any statistical significance. We describe a method that we use to measure the improvement in snoring as well as changes related to quality of life.
We use a specially designed questionnaire, answered by the patient immediately prior to and immediately after treatment, and 1 week, 1 month, and 6 months postoperatively. Thirty-five patients were included in the study.
Significant improvements were observed in a decrease in frequency of sleeping in a separate room due to snoring, a decrease in frequency of awaking during the night due to snoring, and a decrease in loudness of snoring. The anticipated decrease in preoperative snoring and the actual decrease in snoring postoperatively was also realized.
The questionnaire is discussed as an instrument in patient evaluation of LAUP, treatment in which success may not necessarily be judged as 100% reduction in snoring.
大多数关于激光辅助悬雍垂腭成形术（LAUP）的论文缺乏对成功率有任何统计学意义的患者评估。我们描述了一种用于测量打鼾改善情况以及与生活质量相关变化的方法。
我们使用一份专门设计的问卷，由患者在治疗前即刻、治疗后即刻以及术后1周、1个月和6个月时填写。35名患者纳入该研究。
在因打鼾而在单独房间睡眠的频率降低、夜间因打鼾醒来的频率降低以及打鼾响度降低方面观察到显著改善。术前预期的打鼾减少和术后实际的打鼾减少也得以实现。
该问卷作为一种工具用于评估LAUP患者，在这种治疗中，成功不一定以打鼾完全消失来判定。
