TABLE VII.

Patient reported outcomes, by time point

Assessment	Outcome at ...
	Baseline (n= 21)		Week 2 (n=21)		Week 5 (n=20)		Month 1 (n=19)		Month 3 (n=19)
	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapya
Head and Neck Cancer module
Personal well-being	25	14–28	NA		NA		NA		23	6–27b
Social and family well-being	24	1.2–29							24	17–29
Emotional well-being	18	7.2–22							20	14–24b
Functional well-being	20	7–28							19	4–21
General module	83.3	61–104							84	48–94
Additional concerns	34	14–39							20	8–33c
TOTAL	117	76.6–140							105	59–125b
M.D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory
Global	5	1–5	NA		NA		NA		4	2–5c
Total score	86.3	52.6–100							71.1	35.8–88.4c
Swallow Quality of Care
Clinical advice	NA		NA		47	10–77	51.5	24–76	63	20–87
General advice					44	0–72	40	4–68	52	20–88
Patient satisfaction					55	25–60	45	10–60	57.5	0–60
EQ-5D-5Ld index score	0.9	0.7–1	NA		0.8	0.3–0.9b	0.8	0.6–0.9	0.8	0.6–1

^aFACIT.org, Elmhurst, IL. U.S.A.

^bSignificant at p < 0.05 compared with baseline.

^cSignificant at p < 0.01 compared with baseline.

^dEuroQol Research Foundation, Rotterdam, Netherlands. NA = not applicable.