Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Pituitary diseases cause a wide range of local and systemic symptoms and severely affect patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL), which can be monitored using both disease-specific and generic questionnaires. The most frequently used generic HRQoL questionnaire is the Short Form-36 (SF-36), generating a mental (MCS) and physical component score (PCS). The shorter 12-item version (SF-12) can improve efficiency of patient monitoring and outcome measurem...

Background: Transsphenoidal surgery is standard care in the treatment of hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas. Current clinician-reported surgical outcome measures are one-dimensional, typically focussing primarily on complete or partial resection and secondarily on complication rates. However, outcomes are best reflected by the delicate balance of efficacy and complications at patient level. This study proposes a novel way to classify outcome, integrating efficacy and safety ...

PurposeAs the majority of patients with pituitary disease are of working age, their health situation may negatively impact their functioning at work. However, work participation can also be influenced by contextual (environmental and personal) factors. The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate the perspective of patients with pituitary disease on their functioning at work and on contextual factors contributing to work-related problems, using t...