Table 2.
Domains housing symptoms experienced during diagnosis and treatment by HNC patients as based on the Patient Concerns Inventory item prompt list
| Physical and functional well-being | Treatment-related |
|---|---|
| Activity | Cancer treatment |
| Appetite | Regret about treatment |
| Bowel habit | PEG tube |
| Breathing | Wound healing |
| Chewing/eating | |
| Coughing | Social care and social well-being |
| Dental health/teeth | Carer |
| Dry mouth | Dependents/children |
| Energy levels | Financial benefits |
| Fatigue/tiredness | Home care/district nurse |
| Hearing | Lifestyle issues (smoking/alcohol) |
| Indigestion | Recreation |
| Mobility | Relationships |
| Mouth opening | Speech/voice/being understood |
| Mucous | Support for my family |
| Nausea | |
| Pain in the head and neck | Psychological, emotional and spiritual well-being |
| Pain elsewhere | Appearance |
| Regurgitation | Angry |
| Salivation | Anxiety |
| Shoulder | Coping |
| Sleeping | Depression |
| Smell | Fear of the cancer coming back |
| Sore mouth | Fear of adverse events |
| Swallowing | Intimacy |
| Swelling | Memory |
| Taste | Mood |
| Vomiting/sickness | Self-esteem |
| Weight | Sexuality |
| Spiritual/religious aspects | |
| Personality and temperament |
Abbreviations: HNC, head and neck cancer; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube.