| Variables | N (%) | FACT-H&N |
|---|
| Mean | SD | F/t | P-value |
|---|
| Gender | | | | 7.060 | 0.008** |
| male | 135 (58.6) | 87.93 | 19.03 | | |
| female | 95 (41.4) | 95.01 | 21.05 | | |
| Age | | | | 1.289 | 0.199 |
| < 60 | 139 (60.4) | 92.42 | 22.32 | | |
| ≥ 60 | 91 (39.6) | 88.99 | 17.13 | | |
| Marital status | | | | 6.496 | 0.011** |
| Single/divorced/Separated/widow | 25 (10.8) | 99.44 | 19.07 | | |
| Married/cohabitation | 205 (89.2) | 89.68 | 20.01 | | |
| Residence | | | | 5.119 | 0.025* |
| Rural area | 145 (63.1) | 93.13 | 19.42 | | |
| Urban area | 85 (36.9) | 86.96 | 20.87 | | |
| Educational background | | | | 3.597 | 0.029* |
| Primary/middle school | 101 (43.9) | 90.40 | 17.36 | | |
| High / secondary/junior school | 102 (44.3) | 88.80 | 21.41 | | |
| College or above | 27 (11.7) | 100.29 | 22.93 | | |
| Household monthly income (yuan) | | | | 1.637 | 0.202 |
| < 3000 | 145 (63.0) | 89.93 | 20.58 | | |
| ≥ 3000 | 85 (37.0) | 95.62 | 22.02 | | |
| Job status | | | | 1.353 | 0.261 |
| Retirement/unemployed | 133 (57.8) | 91.31 | 18.71 | | |
| Temporary workers | 32 (13.9) | 85.48 | 20.42 | | |
| Regular employee | 65 (28.2) | 93.50 | 22.69 | | |
| Reparative therapy | | | | 1.321 | 0.188 |
| Yes | 52 (22.6) | 87.61 | 16.92 | | |
| No | 178 (77.4) | 91.80 | 20.94 | | |
| Mandibulectomy | | | | 2.644 | 0.009*** |
| Yes | 182 (79.1) | 92.63 | 19.93 | | |
| No | 48 (20.9) | 84.14 | 19.74 | | |
| Distant metastasis | | | | 2.951 | 0.003*** |
| Yes | 12 (5.2) | 74.41 | 22.08 | | |
| No | 218 (94.8) | 91.76 | 19.69 | | |
| Familial inheritance | | | | 1.009 | 0.314 |
| Yes | 15 (6.5) | 95.93 | 15.07 | | |
| No | 215 (93.5) | 90.93 | 20.43 | | |
- One-way ANOVA / t-test were used to describe the mean scores of QoL in different categorical demographic and clinical variables
- SD standard deviations
- *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
