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This study aims to identify the factors that might influence the QOL of patients with PAs before and after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETSS).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 83 patients with PAs who underwent ETSS and completed the visual-related QOL (VR-QOL), headache impact test (HIT-6), Hamilton anxiety\/depression rating scale (HAMA\/HAMD), and 36-items health-related QOL (HR-QOL) questionnaires preoperatively and at 1\/3 months postoperatively were recruited. According to the preoperative physiological\/psychological HR-QOL, they were divided into four groups. And, the factors that might be correlated with the impairment of physical\/psychological QOL before ETSS and the improvement of physical\/psychological QOL after ETSS were identified by comparative and regressive analysis in terms of gender, age, tumor size, pathological type, VR-QOL, HIT-6, HAMA and HAMD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>As for the patients with PAs before ETSS, the degree of physiological QOL impairment was positively correlated with VR-QOL and was negatively correlated with HIT-6 and HAMD score, while the degree of psychological QOL impairment was positively correlated with age and was negatively correlated with HIT-6, HAMA and HAMD score. After those patients underwent ETSS, they gradually acquired the improvements of physiological and psychological QOL from 1 to 3 months, which were positively correlated with the increased value of VR-QOL and the decreased value of HIT-6, HAMA and HAMD scores.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The impairment of HR-QOL before ETSS and the improvement of HR-QOL after ETSS in patients with PAs were closely correlated with headache, subjective perception of vision and visual field loss, and the anxiety\/depression emotions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fendo.2026.1796777","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,13]],"date-time":"2026-08-13T04:23:53Z","timestamp":1786595033000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Analysis of the factors 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