Journal article
Assessing head and neck cancer patient outcome domains
Head & neck, Vol.22(1), pp.6-11
01/2000
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(200001)22:1<6::AID-HED2>3.0.CO;2-P
PMID: 10585599
Abstract
Background
The purpose of this study was to assess the relative importance on patients' lives of multiple outcomes resulting from the management of head and neck cancer (HNC).
Methods
HNC patients filled out a disease‐specific quality of life (QOL) survey covering 5 domains (speech, eating, aesthetics, pain/discomfort, and social/role functioning). Logistic regression was used to determine which of these domains best predicted the patients' response to a single, overall QOL assessment.
Results
In univariate analyses, all 5 domains were significantly correlated to QOL (p< .0001), with correlation coefficients ranging from .48 for eating to .64 for social/role functioning. Logistic regression indicated that speech and eating best predicted QOL (R2 = .4647), with odds‐ratios of 2.96 for speech and 2.49 for eating.
Conclusions
These data demonstrated that, for this group of patients, speech has the most impact on well‐being, whereas eating has a substantial, unrelated influence. This is important information in counseling patients about treatment plans that have different levels of impairment. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Head Neck 22: 6–11, 2000.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Assessing head and neck cancer patient outcome domains
- Creators
- Lucy Hynds KarnellGerry F FunkHenry T Hoffman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Head & neck, Vol.22(1), pp.6-11
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; New York
- DOI
- 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(200001)22:1<6::AID-HED2>3.0.CO;2-P
- PMID
- 10585599
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
- eISSN
- 1097-0347
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Career Development (95‐33)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2000
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984007186002771
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