Thyroid cancer among anesthesiologists in the city of manaus: incidence, disease and quality of life factors

Objective: To investigate the incidence of thyroid cancer in anesthesiologists in the city of Manaus-AM, located in the Western Amazon, factors of illness and quality of life after treatment to which they were submitted. Methods: Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study, approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Fundação Centro de Oncologia do Amazonas. Data collection was performed using an instrument built by the research team and through the University of Washington's Quality of Life Assessment Questionnaire (UW-QoL). Descriptive and exploratory analysis of the data was carried out and the results were expressed in tables and figures. Relationships between variables were verified using Pearson's Chi-Square test and ANOVA and the correlations between variables by Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results: 22 anesthesiologists showed changes in the thyroid, and in 12 (54.54%) professionals the changes were benign or malignant neoplasms; only age group was related to the occurrence of neoplasia and as for quality of life, the variable with the lowest score was appearance. Conclusion: Incidence of thyroid neoplasia presented in this study, greater than in any other group of health professionals, it may suggest the need for screening for thyroid changes through ultrasonography in these professionals.