Table 1: Comparison between respondents with and without poor quality of life assessed using RAND-36-tool.
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All |
Good QoL N = 40 |
Poor QoL N = 23 |
P-value |
|
Age |
56.8 (16.9) |
58.3 (15.3) |
54.1 (19.5) |
0.403 |
|
Female gender |
32 (50.8) |
19 (47.5) |
13 (56.5) |
0.490 |
|
ASA > 2 |
23 (36.5) |
13 (32.5) |
10 (43.5) |
0.384 |
|
BMI |
26.9 (4.3) |
26.7 (4.0) |
27.3 (4.8) |
0.680 |
|
Chronic comorbidities |
|
|
|
|
|
MCC |
6 (9.5) |
4 (10.0) |
2 (8.7) |
> 0.9* |
|
DM |
10 (15.9) |
6 (15.0) |
4 (17.4) |
> 0.9* |
|
COPD |
3 (4.8) |
1 (2.5) |
2 (8.7) |
0.548* |
|
Cancer site |
|
|
|
|
|
H&NC |
25 (39.7) |
18 (45.0) |
7 (30.4) |
0.303 |
|
Thyreoid gland |
25 (39.7) |
13 (32.5) |
12 (52.2) |
|
|
Other |
13 (20.6) |
9 (22.5) |
4 (17.4) |
|
|
TMN classification |
|
|
|
|
|
T0 N1-3 M0-1 |
26 (44.8) |
14 (36.8) |
12 (60.0) |
0.017 |
|
T1-4 N0 M0 |
20 (34.5) |
12 (31.6) |
8 (40.0) |
|
|
T1-4 N1-3 M0-1 |
12 (20.7) |
12 (31.6) |
0 |
|
|
Dissection > 4 regions or radical or modified radical neck dissection |
25 (39.7) |
15 (37.5) |
10 (43.5) |
0.689 |
|
Pre- or postoperative |
24 (38.1) |
18 (45.0) |
6 (26.1) |
0.137 |
|
Complication |
12 (19.0) |
7 (17.5) |
5 (21.7) |
0.680 |
|
Surgical complication |
9 (14.3) |
5 (12.5) |
4 (17.4) |
0.713* |
|
Medical complication |
4 (6.3) |
3 (7.5) |
1 (4.3) |
> 0.9* |
|
BDI |
9.7 (8.6) |
5.5 (4.9) |
17.0 (8.8) |
< 0.001 |
|
PASS20 |
20.3 (18.6) |
15.2 (16.2) |
29.5 (19.3) |
0.004 |
|
Time between operation and assessment |
4.7 (14.1) |
4.5 (1.3) |
5.0 (1.6) |
0.201 |