Perioperative change trajectories and predictors of swallowing function and swallowing-related quality of life in patients with oral cancer: a longitudinal observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine change trajectories and predictors of swallowing function and swallowing-related quality of life (QoL) in perioperative patients with oral cancer.

Design

Longitudinal observational study.

Setting

A tertiary cancer hospital in Hunan Province, China.

Participants

Patients with oral cancer scheduled for surgery were recruited using convenience sampling.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcomes were swallowing function and swallowing-related QoL. The secondary outcomes were the predictors of the swallowing function and swallowing-related QoL.

Methods

The participants completed the sociodemographic and clinical data questionnaire, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 and MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory before surger

SUBMITTER: Ou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729256 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature