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Parents of paediatric patients (2\u201316\u00a0years of age) listed for tonsillectomy completed a validated quality-of-life questionnaire (T-14 Paediatric Throat Disorders Outcome Test) at the initial consultation, on day of surgery, 6\u00a0weeks post-operatively and 6\u00a0months post-operatively. T-14 scores were compared using the Related-Samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Parents of 167 children participated in this study. There was a median wait time of 174\u00a0days (IQR 108\u2013347) from the initial consultation until the day of surgery, with no significant change in median T-14 scores (35 [IQR 22\u201342] vs 36 [IQR 22\u201342]; <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200963; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&gt;\u20090.05). There was a significant decrease from pre-operative T-14 scores to 6\u00a0weeks post-operatively (33.5 [IQR 22\u201342] vs 2 [IQR 0\u20135]; <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009160; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and this was sustained with a minor improvement at 6\u00a0months post-operatively (6 weeks 2 [IQR 0\u20135] vs 6 months 0 [IQR 0\u20132]; <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009148; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Paediatric tonsillectomy improves quality of life with a sustained benefit in the long term. There is no improvement to the patient\u2019s quality of life while awaiting tonsillectomy, thus patient welfare can be improved through reducing waiting times for surgery.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-022-07659-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,22]],"date-time":"2022-09-22T12:11:56Z","timestamp":1663848716000},"page":"885-890","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["An observational pragmatic quality-of-life study on paediatric tonsillectomy and waiting for surgery"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"280","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8341-496X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julie","family":"Huynh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7898-9689","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Charmaine M.","family":"Woods","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7201-815X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eng H.","family":"Ooi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"7659_CR1","volume-title":"The fourth Australian Atlas of healthcare variation","author":"Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare","year":"2021","unstructured":"Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) The fourth Australian Atlas of healthcare variation. 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