Table 5.
Patient-reported problems with dry mouth, sticky saliva and swallowing obtained from the EORTC HN35 questionnaire. 1 = not at all, 2 = a little, 3 = quite a bit and 4 = very much. For swallowing a median value for 4 questions: problems swallowing liquids, problems swallowing pureed foods, problems swallowing solid foods, and if they had choked when swallowing is shown.
| Patient |
Dry mouth |
Sticky saliva |
Problems swallowing |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretreat-ment | 6 months post treatment | Pretreat-ment | 6 months post treatment | Pretreat-ment | 6 months post treatment | |
| P1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| P2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| P3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| P4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| P5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |