Table 3.

EORTC QLQ‐H&N35 Scores.

EORTC QLQ‐H&N35 Score	Study Population (Mean ± SD)	Reference Value (Mean ± SD)	P Value
Pain	14 ± 20	27 ± 24	<.000
Swallowing	17 ± 21	24 ± 25	.031
Senses	26 ± 28	19 ± 29	.062
Speech	18 ± 22	28 ± 28	.006
Social eating	19 ± 26	21 ± 25	.631
Social contact	9 ± 16	13 ± 19	.088
Sexuality	20 ± 31	31 ± 35	.020
Teeth	24 ± 33	26 ± 33	.706
Opening mouth	21 ± 32	20 ± 30	.761
Dry mouth	45 ± 36	31 ± 33	.001
Sticky saliva	26 ± 32	31 ± 34	.356
Coughing	29 ± 29	34 ± 32	.282
Feeling ill	13 ± 25	22 ± 29	.028
Use of pain killers	31 ± 47	50 ± 50	.005
Use of nutritional supplements	37 ± 49	27 ± 44	.087
Use of feeding tube	2 ± 13	20 ± 40	.001
Weight loss	16 ± 37	39 ± 49	<.000
Weight gain	34 ± 48	27 ± 45	.226

Mean scores for EORTC H&N35 for the study population. Scores range from 0 to 100. A higher score for a symptom scale represents a higher level of symptomatology/problems. Reference values shown for comparison. Means rounded to nearest whole number.

EORTC QLQ‐H&N35 = European organization for research and treatment of cancer quality of life questionnaire‐head and neck 35.