Oral health related quality of life in long-term survivors of head and neck cancer compared to a general population from the seventh Tromso study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both the incidence and survival rate of head and neck cancer (HNC) is increasing, making quality of life of HNC survivors an important issue.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study we compared the oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) of long-term HNC survivors to that of a general population cohort from the seventh survey of the Tromsø study with the Oral Impact on Daily Performances questionnaire. Comparisons were done with frequency analyses and cross tabulation. We also assessed OHRQoL's association to sociodemographic and oral health related variables in both cohorts as well as with cancer related variables in the HNC cohort with regression analyses.

Results

The HNC survivors had four times the risk of reporting problems with daily performances c

SUBMITTER: Andreassen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8969380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature