The clinical characteristics and influencing factors on postoperative emotion and cognitive functions for elderly versus non-elderly male patients with laryngeal cancer / 中华老年医学杂志

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Objective:To analyze the clinical characteristics and influencing factors on postoperative emotional and cognitive function for elderly versus non-elderly male patients with laryngeal carcinoma.Methods:The patients with laryngeal cancer hospitalized in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery were selected for a questionnaire survey in two Grade III-A Hospital in Shanxi Province from January 2018 to December 2019.There were 105 patients with laryngeal cancer, including 60 in the elderly and 45 in the non-elderly group.Negative emotion and cognitive function were investigated by using Self-rating Anxiety Scales(SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment(MOCA)before surgery, 10 days after surgery, and 1 year after surgery, respectively.The clinical characteristics of the elderly versus non-elderly groups were analyzed and compared.Results:One year after surgery, there were 52 cases(86.7%)and 27 cases(45.0%)of depression and cancer-related cognitive impairment(CRCI)in the elderly group, which were higher than 30 cases(66.7%)and 4 cases(8.9%)in the non-elderly group, with statistically significant difference( χ2 = 6.013, χ2 =16.115 and P<0.05, P<0.01). The elderly group showed much more anxiety and CRCI 10 days after surgery(60.50±4.31 vs.55.84±3.81, 27.47±1.08 vs.28.31±1.08, P<0.01)and showed much more depression and CRCI(57.20±5.66 vs.62.60±5.37, 27.36±1.37 vs.26.08±1.42, P<0.01)than did the non-elderly group 1 year after surgery.The results of multiple linear regression analysis in the elderly group showed that the mode of operation and the pronunciation one year after surgery significantly affected their anxiety; the marriage and the educated level significantly affected their depression; the marriage, the educated level and operation mode significantly affected their cognitive function.Clinical stage of tumor significantly affected anxiety and depression, the educated level significantly affected cognitive function in the non-elderly group. Conclusions:Postoperative negative emotion and cognitive function in patients with laryngeal cancer continues to deteriorate after surgery, which were affected by many factors, especially in elderly patients.It is necessary to conduct active and effective interventions as soon as possible.