LIFE QUALITY OF PATIENTS WITH NONMALIGNANT THYROID DISEASE AND SURGICAL TREATMENT EFFECT
SF-36 and New Jersey (NJ-TDS) questionnaires prove the decrease of life quality in the patients with nonmalignant thyroid disease that is connected both with the nature of the disease, as well as gender, age and social status of the patient. Surgical treatment improves life quality of the patients, the period and degree of improvement depend primarily on the disease nature.