Table 3.
The Result of EORTC QLQ-H&N35
| QOL items | Scale name | PT |
1M |
3M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Pain | HNPA | 13.95 (16.70) | 13.18 (15.22) | 9.32 (11.76) |
| Swallowing | HNSW | 14.15 (21.37) | 19.44 (25.42) | 14.55 (21.19) |
| Senses problems | HNSE | 4.26 (9.66) | 11.11 (17.82) | 8.73 (13.33) |
| Speech problems | HNSP | 12.66 (23.99) | 28.03 (26.18) | 20.37 (20.51) |
| Trouble with social eating | HNSO | 18.80 (20.64) | 30.36 (22.39) | 23.81 (18.70) |
| Trouble with social contact | HNSC | 8.06 (15.86) | 18.97 (23.46) | 13.33 (21.59) |
| Less sexuality | HNSX | 20.15 (29.95) | 17.86 (25.72) | 21.83 (28.81) |
| Teeth | HNTE | 7.75 (18.98) | 11.63 (21.60) | 8.73 (16.10) |
| Opening mouth | HNOM | 10.08 (22.41) | 20.93 (24.28) | 10.32 (21.14) |
| Dry mouth | HNDR | 20.15 (26.37) | 26.36 (31.06) | 26.98 (29.65) |
| Sticky saliva | HNSS | 22.48 (32.92) | 23.25 (29.35) | 19.05 (26.52) |
| Coughing | HNCO | 10.08 (17.04) | 12.40 (19.18) | 11.11 (20.31) |
| Felt ill | HNFI | 15.50 (24.38) | 22.48 (25.89) | 17.46 (24.55) |
| Pain killers | HNPK | 7.75 (14.20) | 8.53 (14.20) | 3.17 (9.89) |
| Nutritional supplements | HNNU | 3.88 (10.79) | 5.43 (12.42) | 3.97 (9.89) |
| Feeding tube | HNFE | 0.78 (5.08) | 1.55 (7.10) | 1.59 (7.18) |
| Weight loss | HNWL | 8.53 (14.65) | 8.53 (14.65) | 6.35 (13.21) |
| Weight gain | HNWG | 4.65 (11.66) | 11.63 (15.97) | 11.11 (15.81) |