Table 2 Pre- and post-operative sleep disturbance scores in lobectomy and total thyroidectomy groups.

From: Sleep quality of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a prospective longitudinal study with 5-year follow-up

 

Lobectomy (n = 21)

Total thyroidectomy (n = 25)

p-valuea

Preoperative

PSQI

8.6 ± 2.4

10.2 ± 3.4

0.120

ESS scores

5.7 ± 4.3

7.5 ± 4.7

0.090

SSS scores

2.3 ± 0.6

2.2 ± 1.0

0.131

Postoperative 1 month

PSQI

8.0 ± 2.6

8.4 ± 3.1

0.880

ESS scores

4.6 ± 3.5

5.7 ± 4.8

0.682

SSS scores

2.3 ± 0.9

2.3 ± 0.8

0.901

Postoperative 4 month

PSQI

7.2 ± 2.2

7.7 ± 3.6

0.726

ESS scores

4.1 ± 3.0

5.9 ± 3.2

0.143

SSS scores

2.3 ± 1.2

2.0 ± 0.7

0.161

Postoperative 10 month

PSQI

7.4 ± 2.4

7.7 ± 3.6

0.986

ESS scores

6.5 ± 4.1

6.6 ± 4.9

0.825

SSS scores

2.3 ± 0.6

2.0 ± 0.8

0.266

Postoperative 5 years

PSQI

4.6 ± 1.4

6.0 ± 1.8

0.030

  1. PSQI Pittsburgh sleep quality index, ESS Epworth sleepiness scale, SSS Stanford sleepiness scale.
  2. ap-values from the Mann–Whitney U test between lobectomy and total thyroidectomy groups.
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