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Dysphagia After Thyroidectomy

NCT06296420 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 420

Last updated 2025-12-18

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Summary

The goal of this observational study is to develop a questionnaire for measuring swallowing and throat discomfort symptoms in patients with goiter or thyroidectomy, which complies with the model of Rasch and which satisfies the fundamental measurement axioms (e.g., unidimensionality, linearity, generalizability). Developing a scale with such characteristics would provide clinicians and researchers with a reliable tool for assessing the impact of goiter and for measuring the outcomes after surgery.

Also, the study will assess the psychological impact of goiter and thyroidectomy, as well as the characteristics of the surgical scar after thyroidectomy.

The questionnaire will be developed in the first phase of the study. Items and response categories will be identified through interviews performed with patients affected by goiter or after thyroidectomy.

In the following phases of the study, the questionnaire will be administered to patients before and after thyroidectomy.

Conditions

  • Goiter
  • Thyroid Disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istituto Auxologico Italiano

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stefano Scarano, MD · University of Milan, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-31
Primary Completion
2026-11-30
Completion
2026-11-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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