Mastication, swallowing, and salivary flow in patients with head and neck cancer: objective tests versus patient-reported outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Before and after treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC), many patients have problems with mastication, swallowing, and salivary flow. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between objective test outcomes of mastication, swallowing, and salivary flow versus patient-reported outcomes (PROs) measuring mastication-, swallowing-, and salivary flow-related quality of life.

Methods

Data of the prospective cohort "Netherlands Quality of Life and Biomedical Cohort Study" was used as collected before treatment, and 3 and 6 months after treatment. Spearman's rho was used to test the association between objective test outcomes of the mixing ability test (MAT) for masticatory performance, the water-swallowing test (WST) for swallowing performance, and the sal

SUBMITTER: Vermaire JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8550505 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature