Table 3 Pre- and post-operative sleep disturbance scores in the patients who underwent total thyroidectomy followed by 131I treatment.

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

Parameters

Preoperative

Postoperative 1 month

p-valuea

Postoperative 4 month

p-valueb

Postoperative 10 month

p-valuec

PSQI scores

9.8 ± 3.6

8.9 ± 3.5

0.084

7.8 ± 4.1

0.073

8.9 ± 4.2

0.084

ESS scores

6.4 ± 2.2

5.1 ± 4.7

0.260

5.0 ± 2.5

0.063

6.5 ± 3.2

0.572

SSS scores

1.9 ± 0.5

2.1 ± 0.8

0.564

1.9 ± 0.5

1.000

2.1 ± 0.6

1.000

  1. Values are express as mean ± SD.
  2. PSQI Pittsburgh sleep quality index, ESS Epworth sleepiness scale, SSS Stanford sleepiness scale.
  3. ap-values from the Mann–Whitney U test between preoperative and postoperative 1 month.
  4. bp-values from the Mann–Whitney U test between preoperative and postoperative 4 month.
  5. cp-values from the Mann–Whitney U test between preoperative and postoperative 10 month.
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