Table 2.
Nutrition Impact Symptoms for interference score equal to 1 vs ≥ 2 for all treatment naïve head and neck cancer patients and by Eichner Index Class.
| Nutrition Impact Symptom Interference (n,%) |
All Patients |
Eichner Index (EI) Class |
P-value∗ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 104 | A (n = 44) | B (n = 47) | C (n = 13) | ||
| No Chewing Difficulty | 73 (70.2) | 40 (90.9)a | 27 (57.4)b | 6 (46.2)b | 0.000 |
| Chewing Difficulty | 31 (29.8) | 4 (9.1) | 20 (42.6) | 7 (53.8) | |
| No Dysphagia | 70 (67.3) | 36 (81.8)a | 28 (59.6)ab | 6 (46.2)b | 0.016 |
| Dysphagia | 34 (32.7) | 8 (18.2) | 19 (40.4) | 7 (53.8) | |
| No Dry Mouth | 90 (86.5) | 42 (95.5)a | 39 (83.0)ab | 9 (69.2)b | 0.023 |
| Dry Mouth | 14 (13.5) | 2 (4.5) | 8 (17.0) | 4 (30.8) | |
| No Thick Saliva | 89 (85.6) | 42 (95.5)a | 38 (80.9)ab | 9 (69.2)b | 0.019 |
| Thick Saliva | 15 (14.4) | 2 (4.5) | 9 (19.1) | 4 (30.8) | |
| No Sore Mouth | 80 (76.9) | 40 (90.9)a | 30 (63.8)b | 10 (76.9)ab | 0.007 |
| Sore Mouth | 24 (23.1) | 4 (9.1) | 17 (36.2) | 3 (23.1) | |
| No Pain | 68 (65.4) | 38 (86.4)a | 24 (51.1)b | 6 (46.2)b | 0.000 |
| Pain | 36 (34.6) | 6 (13.6) | 23 (48.9) | 7 (53.8) | |
| No Loss of Appetite | 77 (74.0) | 38 (86.4)a | 29 (61.7)b | 10 (76.9)ab | 0.023 |
| Loss of Appetite | 27 (26.0) | 6 (13.6)b | 18 (38.3)a | 3 (23.1) | |
| No Lack of Energy | 82 (78.8) | 43 (97.7)a | 31 (66.0)b | 8 (61.5)b | 0.000 |
| Lack of Energy | 22 (21.2) | 1 (2.3) | 16 (34.0) | 5 (38.5) | |
| No Depression | 86 (82.7) | 41 (93.2)a | 35 (74.5)b | 10 (76.9)ab | 0.036 |
| Depression | 18 (17.3) | 3 (6.8) | 12 (25.5) | 3 (23.1) | |
| No Feeling Full | 87 (83.7) | 41 (93.2)a | 35 (74.5)b | 11 (84.6)ab | 0.043 |
| Feeling Full | 17 (16.3) | 3 (6.8) | 12 (25.5) | 2 (15.4) | |
| No Constipation | 97 (93.3) | 44 (100.0)a | 41 (87.2)b | 12 (92.3)ab | 0.034 |
| Constipation | 7 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 6 (12.8) | 1 (7.7) | |
| No Anxiety | 79 (76.0) | 37 (84.1)a | 32 (68.1)a | 10 (76.9)a | 0.198 |
| Anxiety | 25 (24.0) | 7 (15.9) | 15 (31.9) | 3 (23.1) | |
| No Diarrhea | 99 (95.2) | 44 (100.0)a | 42 (89.4)a | 13 (100.0)a | 0.067 |
| Diarrhea | 5 (4.8) | 0 (0) | 5 (10.6) | 0 (0) | |
| No Nausea | 92 (88.5) | 41 (90.9)a | 38 (80.9)a | 13 (100.0)a | 0.116 |
| Nausea | 12 (11.5) | 4 (9.1) | 9 (19.1) | 0 (0) | |
| No Smell Bothersome | 101 (97.1) | 44 (100.0)a | 44 (93.6)a | 13 (100.0)a | 0.347 |
| Smell Bothersome | 3 (2.9) | 0 (0) | 3 (6.4) | 0 (0) | |
| No Vomiting | 102 (98.1) | 44 (100.0)a | 45 (95.7)a | 13 (100.0)a | 0.614 |
| Vomiting | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0) | |
| No Other (lack of money, etc) | 98 (94.2) | 43 (97.7)a | 43 (91.5)a | 12 (92.3)a | 0.396 |
| Other (lack of money, etc) | 6 (5.8) | 1 (2.3) | 4 (8.5) | 1 (7.7) | |
Each subscript letter denotes a subset of the Eichner Index class whose column proportions significantly do not differ from each other at the 0.05 level.
∗
Fisher's Exact test or Chi-square test applied (2-sided).