Increased Interval From Initial Evaluation to Initial Voice Therapy Session is Associated With Missed Voice Therapy Appointments

Voice therapy (VT) is an essential component to a successful treatment of laryngological disorders and thus patient outcomes depend on patient compliance with VT. As volume of VT patients ’ ebb and flow, there is often variation in wait times for initial VT sessions. There is a paucity research evaluating VT latency and missed appointments. It is important to find associations between latency and patient compliance to assist with increasing the quality of patient care in all voice and swallowing clinics and decreasing missed appointments for VT following.

Source: Journal of Voice - June 5, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Ren ée L. Gustin, Kathryn C. Pielage, Rebecca Howell, Siddarth Khosla, John Paul Giliberto Source Type: research