Table 2 Results of overall life quality—EORTC QLQ-C30
From: Quality of life after Supracricoid Partial Laryngectomy
Surgery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EORTC QLQ-C30 | SPLb | TLb | Reference valuea | p | |
Global health status/QOL | – | 87.75 | 73.44 | 66.7 | 0.017 |
Functioning | Physical | 87.06 | 83.75 | 73.3 | 0.465 |
Role | 92.16 | 65.63 | 83.3 | 0.019 | |
Emotional | 69.12 | 54.17 | 75 | 0.127 | |
Cognitive | 91.18 | 86.46 | 83.3 | 0.423 | |
Social | 92.16 | 81.25 | 83.3 | 0.146 | |
Mean | 86.57 | 74.11 | 77.48 | 0.236 | |
Symptoms | Dyspnea | 21.57 | 31.25 | 33.3 | 0.510 |
Insomnia | 19.61 | 18.75 | 0 | 0.986 | |
Fatigue | 9.15 | 22.92 | 33.3 | 0.444 | |
Loss of appetite | 13.73 | 14.58 | 0 | 0.790 | |
Nausea and vomiting | 3.92 | 6.25 | 0 | 0.557 | |
Constipation | 9.80 | 22.92 | 0 | 0.606 | |
Diarrhea | 0.00 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.557 | |
Pain | 14.71 | 27.08 | 16.7 | 0.402 | |
Financial difficulty | 11.76 | 31.25 | 0 | 0.245 | |
Mean | 11.58 | 20.37 | 10.41 | 0.566 | |