Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

Table 3 Difference in QOL of different patient populations (p values)

From: Preliminary cross-sectional reliability and validity of the Skull Base Inventory (SBI) quality of life questionnaire

	(1) Malignant vs benign	(2) History of radiation vs none	(3) Recurrence vs none
Cognitive	0.83	0.43	0.24
Emotional	0.56	0.17	0.05^a
Family	0.36	0.03^a	0.02^a
Financial	0.32	0.03^a	0.09
Social	0.18	0.05^a	0.05^a
Spiritual	1.00	0.65	0.30
Endocrine	0.92	0.57	0.29
Nasal	0.06	0.05^a	0.40
Neurologic	0.73	0.65	0.05^a
Visual	0.37	0.18	0.35
Other	0.09	0.01^a	0.03^a
All domains	0.27	0.04^a	0.03^a

^a Statistically significant

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