Table 1. Patient Characteristics (N=559)^a.

Characteristics	N	Mean or %	SD
SF-36 Pain Index
Baseline	537	60.5	27.1
1 Year follow up	559	65.1	26.2
Demographics
Age	559	58.4	10.7
Sex
Male	433	77.5
Female	126	22.5
Race
Caucasian	506	90.5
Non-Caucasian	53	9.5
Marital Status (at one year)
Married	304	60.0
Single	203	40.0
Education
High school or less	245	43.9
Some college or more	313	56.1
Clinical Characteristics
Cancer Site
Pharynx	296	53.0
Larynx	129	24.0
Oral cavity	134	23.1
Cancer Stage
I,II	140	25.0
III, IV	419	75.0
Primary Site Surgery
Yes	211	37.8
No	347	62.2
Neck Dissection
Yes	239	42.8
No	319	57.2
Radiation
Yes	472	84.4
No	87	15.6
Chemotherapy
Yes	346	61.9
No	213	38.1
Feeding tube at one year
Yes	102	18.3
No	455	81.7
Tracheotomy at one year
Yes	21	3.8
No	536	96.2
Xerostomia at one year
Not at all	113	20.8
Slightly	93	17.1
Moderately	100	18.4
A lot	145	26.7
Extremely	92	16.9
Medical Comorbidity
None or mild comorbidity	391	70.0
Moderate or severe comorbidity	168	30.0
Depressive Symptoms at one yearb
Yes	214	39.3
No	330	60.7
Health Behaviors
Use of pain medicine at one year
Never	207	37.3
Rarely	95	17.1
Sometimes	91	16.4
Frequently	71	12.8
Always	91	16.4
Smoking status at one year
Current smoker (population norm 19.3%)	125	22.4
Former smoker	346	61.9
Never smoker	88	15.7
Problem Drinking at one yearc
Yes (population norm 7-13%)	65	11.9
No	481	88.1
Vegetable intake
None to 1 per week	225	53.6
2-4 per week to 5-6 per week	56	13.3
1 per day or more	139	33.1
Fruit intake
None to 1-3 per month	172	40.9
1 per week to 2-4 per week	131	31.1
5-6 per week or more	118	28.0
Physical Activity at one year (population norm 103)d	558	131.7	87.6
Sleep at one year (population norm 72)e	557	68.5	20.8

^a559 patients had SF-36 pain index reported at one year after diagnosis; numbers may not add to total for other variables due to missing data.

^bGeriatric Depressive Scale Short Form ≥ 4

^cAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) ≥ 8

^dPhysical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE); scores ranged from 0-400 or more; higher scores indicate more activity.

^eMedical Outcomes Study sleep measure (MOS-Sleep); lower scores indicate poorer sleep.