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Factors associated with quality of life in outpatients with head and neck cancer 6 months after diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Laura Q. Rogers; Krishna Rao; James Malone; Praveen Kandula; Ohad Ronen; Stephen J. Markwell; Kerry S. Courneya; K. Thomas Robbins

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
106 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISSN
1043-3074

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background

Identifying patients with head and neck cancer at greatest risk of poor health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) will facilitate screening for such patients and targeted interventions.

Methods

This was a cross‐sectional, self‐administered survey with medical record review among 65 out‐patients with head and neck cancer >6 months from diagnosis and off treatment.

Results

Most were men (80%) and white (95%), with a mean age of 60 ± 13 years. The most prevalent cancer type was squamous cell (88%), site was pharyngeal (40%), and stage was III or IV (80%). Lower total HRQOL was independently associated with gastrostomy (p < .001) and history of radiation therapy (p < .05)(R^2^ = 0.27). Certain HRQOL subscales were also independently associated with depression, body mass index, age, and education.

Conclusions

Several factors can be used to identify patients with head and neck cancer at risk for persistent reductions in HRQOL requiring intervention. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2009

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