. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2014 Mar;22(3):803–810. doi: 10.1007/s00520-013-2037-7

Table 4.

Association of ulceration with subjective xerostomia, taste change, orofacial pain, and functional/social impact

Oral complaint or functional/social impact	Oral Problems Scale Score		p value
Oral complaint or functional/social impact	With Ulceration N = 21	Without Ulceration N = 83	p value
Xerostomia	6.00 ± 2.37	5.80 ± 2.53	.738
Taste change	5.36 ± 3.38	4.22 ± 3.64	.197
Orofacial pain	2.97 ± 2.57	1.44 ± 1.89	.003
Functional impact	3.40 ± 1.89	2.64 ± 2.24	.157
Social impact	2.91 ± 2.76	1.81 ± 2.07	.048

Mean ± standard deviation shown.