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Table 4 Mean ± SD scores of the FACT-G and EORTC QLQ-C30 subscales based on taste and post-surgery radiation

From: Assessing whether EORTC QLQ-30 and FACT-G measure the same constructs of quality of life in patients with total laryngectomy

Instruments

Taste

Post-surgery radiation

Increase

Decrease

Without change

p-value

Radio therapy

Chemotherapy

Both of them

None of them

p-value

FACT-G

 Physical wellbeing

20.50 ± 4.68

17.90 ± 4.75

16.21 ± 5.30

0.07

17.27 ± 5.52

17.11 ± 4.75

18.50 ± 4.89

16.19 ± 5.90

0.20

 Social/family wellbeing

17.67 ± 5.59

16.46 ± 5.33

17.81 ± 4.90

0.33

18.64 ± 3.59

15.72 ± 5.71

16.33 ± 5.54

18.00 ± 4.78

0.17

 Emotional wellbeing

12.83 ± 6.91

13.03 ± 4.18

13.05 ± 5.22

0.83

15.09 ± 4.04

12.00 ± 4.41

13.65 ± 4.67

12.46 ± 5.06

0.22

 Functional wellbeing

16.50 ± 1.97

13.94 ± 3.90

15.35 ± 4.07

0.07

13.82 ± 3.06

14.94 ± 2.56

14.37 ± 3.88

15.12 ± 4.50

0.67

EORTC QLQ-C30

 Global health status/QOL

63.89 ± 16.39

53.97 ± 23.23

52.38 ± 21.97

0.48

50.76 ± 22.19

56.48 ± 20.72

52.17 ± 24.12

54.53 ± 21.83

0.86

Functional scales

 Physical functioning

82.22 ± 8.07

75.98 ± 17.04

73.86 ± 18.25

0.48

76.97 ± 9.12

77.41 ± 11.69

74.93 ± 18.92

74.50 ± 18.90

0.92

 Role functioning

86.11 ± 16.39

76.19 ± 22.14

75.40 ± 25.02

0.56

71.21 ± 18.40

77.78 ± 22.14

76.45 ± 22.93

76.61 ± 25.17

0.89

 Emotional functioning

73.61 ± 1.31

62.30 ± 27.59

62.04 ± 27.30

0.60

56.06 ± 19.75

61.57 ± 21.22

62.50 ± 31.9

64.47 ± 26.05

0.55

 Cognitive functioning

83.33 ± 27.89

72.49 ± 25.43

73.55 ± 26.38

0.62

72.73 ± 28.16

69.44 ± 20.81

72.46 ± 26.11

75.73 ± 27.11

0.82

 Social functioning

77.78 ± 22.77

61.90 ± 27.34

59.52 ± 30.19

0.33

62.12 ± 28.95

69.44 ± 26.97

58.33 ± 29.34

61.40 ± 28.72

0.59

Symptom scales/items

 Fatigue

24.07 ± 8.36

31.39 ± 21.54

34.04 ± 21.94

0.49

34.34 ± 16.62

28.40 ± 19.14

34.06 ± 24.16

31.77 ± 21.15

0.79

 Nausea and vomiting

5.56 ± 13.61

14.02 ± 20.78

11.38 ± 16.89

0.49

6.06 ± 15.41

12.04 ± 20.47

14.86 ± 20.56

11.70 ± 17.24

0.55

 Pain

13.89 ± 12.55

29.89 ± 20.77

25.66 ± 22.76

0.17

31.82 ± 11.68

24.07 ± 13.06

31.88 ± 24.55

23.39 ± 22.24

0.13

 Dyspnoea

5.56 ± 13.61

30.69 ± 30.11

31.22 ± 34.33

0.16

27.27 ± 32.72

22.22 ± 22.87

34.06 ± 33.33

29.24 ± 33.38

0.59

 Insomnia

33.33 ± 21.08

24.34 ± 28.84

27.51 ± 27.79

0.67

24.24 ± 21.56

18.52 ± 20.52

27.54 ± 31.67

28.07 ± 28.02

0.63

 Appetite

22.22 ± 27.22

24.87 ± 25.38

25.40 ± 27.25

0.96

24.24 ± 30.15

18.52 ± 23.49

26.81 ± 23.95

25.73 ± 28.18

0.72

 Constipation

5.56 ± 13.61

32.28 ± 35.40

24.34 ± 31.80

0.11

33.33 ± 39.44

35.19 ± 35.19

29.71 ± 33.87

21.64 ± 31.17

0.36

 Diarrhoea

–

14.29 ± 25.20

13.23 ± 22.83

0.32

33.03 ± 10.05

12.96 ± 23.26

15.94 ± 26.05

12.87 ± 23.36

0.45

 Financial difficulties

66.67 ± 21.08

58.20 ± 32.22

56.61 ± 38.63

0.84

57.58 ± 33.64

53.70 ± 34.56

63.04 ± 31.61

54.97 ± 38.05

0.65

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