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Table 5 Quality of life related outcomes at six- and ten-year plus follow-up of patients evaluable at ten-year plus follow-up (n = 14).
Number of patients (%)
Six-year follow-up
95% CI
Ten-year plus follow-up
95% CI
SWAL-QOL (0–100) Median (range) General burden
Food selection
Eating duration
Eating desire Fear of eating Sleep
Fatigue Communication Mental health Social function Symptom score Total score
Swallowing problems in daily life based on SWAL-QOL ≥ 14
VHI Median (range)
Voice domain (0–56) Psychosocial domain (0–56) Total score (0–120)
Voice problems in daily life based on VHI ≥ 15 N (%)
SHI Median (range)
Speech domain (0–56) Psychosocial domain (0–56) Total score (0–120)
Speech problems in daily life based on SHI ≥ 6 N (%)
EQ-5D-5L dimension; problems with:
Mobility
Self-care
Usual activity Pain/discomfort Anxiety/depression
EQ-VAS (0–100) Median (range)
0 (0–88) 0 (0–75) 38 (0–75) 8 (0–75) 8 (0–75) 25 (0–75) 17 (0–67) 0 (0–100) 0 (0–70) 0 (0–50) 21 (0–59) 12 (0–58) 5 (38)
2 (0–42) 0 (0–47) 2 (0–91) 4 (31)
3 (0–45) 0 (0–44) 3 (0–92) 4 (33)
2 (14) 0 (0) 2 (14) 5 (36) 4 (29)
85 (60–100)
0-25 25 (0–63) 0-50 0-25 7 (0–38) 0-25 0-50 38 (0–63) 13-50 0-33 21 (0–58) 0-33 0-33 25 (0–69) 6-44 0-50 38 (0–75) 25-63 0-42 38 (0–58) 8-50 0-50 25 (0–50) 0-50 0-25 10 (0–50) 0-35 0-25 10 (0–40) 0-25 5-45 21 (0–41) 4-36 0-28 22 (0–41) 2-34 18-64% 8 (57) 33-79%
0-22 5 (0–32) 0-25 0-5 0 (0–13) 0-10 0-31 5 (0–47) 0-30 13-58% 4 (29) 12-55%
0-27 3 (0–34) 0-20 0-11 0 (0–11) 0-10 0-44 3 (0–47) 0-29 14-61% 6 (43) 21-67%
4-40% 4 (29) 12-55% 0-22% 1 (7) 1-31% 4-40% 6 (43) 21-67% 16-61% 4 (29) 12-55% 12-55% 4 (29) 12-55%
88 (50–100)
100
SWAL-QOL scores of respectively 13 and 14 subjects were available at six- and ten-year follow-up.
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval, EQ-5D-5L = EuroQol-5D-5L, EQ-VAS = EuroQoL Visual Analog Scale, SHI = speech handicap index, VHI = voice handicap index.