Table 4b.
Comparing change in QOL scores between baseline and 1-year for patients treated with modified radical neck dissection versus those treated with selective neck dissection.a
| Measure | Modified Radical Neck Dissection N=16 |
Selective Neck Dissection N=22 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF36 | |||
| Physical Functioning | −12.0 | −5.5 | .440 |
| Role Physical | −3.1 | −12.5 | .620 |
| Body Pain | −1.9 | −2.4 | .955 |
| General Health Perceptions | −1.8 | 4.0 | .461 |
| Vitality | 0.9 | 1.4 | .952 |
| Social Functioning | 10.9 | 6.3 | .632 |
| Role Emotional | −2.1 | 15.1 | .322 |
| Mental Heath | −0.3 | 13.6 | .029* |
| HNQOL | |||
| Eating | −25.0 | −24.6 | .967 |
| Communication | −8.6 | −5.1 | .778 |
| Emotional Distress | 8.9 | 12.7 | .575 |
| Pain | 3.9 | 2.8 | .903 |