Value | Preoperative | Postoperative | Temporal QOL Change/MCID∤ | |||
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Median score | Median score | Relative change⨎ | ||||
Pain | 36.7 | 16.7 | 2.0→ | |||
Swallow | 31.7 | 35.0 | −0.3⥈ | |||
Teeth | 60.0 | 26.7 | 3.3⟹ | |||
Mouth opening | 80.0 | 46.7 | 3.3⟹ | |||
Dry mouth | 80.0 | 60.0 | 2.0→ | |||
Sticky saliva | 40.0 | 20.0 | 2.0→ | |||
Senses | 26.7 | 16.7 | 1.0⇢ | |||
Coughing | 26.7 | 33.3 | −0.7⥈ | |||
Felt Ill | 26.7 | 26.7 | 0.0⥈ | |||
Speech | 35.6 | 40.0 | −0.4⥈ | |||
Social eating | 53.3 | 50.0 | 0.3⥈ | |||
Contact | 33.3 | 28.0 | 0.5⥈ | |||
Sexuality | 33.3 | 37.5 | −0.4⥈ | |||
Pain killers | 20.0 | 26.7 | −0.7⥈ | |||
Nutritional supplementation | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.0⥈ | |||
Feeding tube | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.7⥈ | |||
Weight loss | 20.0 | 26.7 | −0.7⥈ | |||
Weight gain | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0⥈ |
Heat map spectrum | ||||||
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⟸ | ← | ⇠ | ⥈ | ⇢ | → | ⟹ |
≤ −3 | −2 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ≥ 3 |
Negative clinically significant change (deterioation in function) | No clinically significant change | Positive clinically significant change (improvement in function) |