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Table 4 EORTC H&N35 and FACT - (H&N-G) characteristics: mean scores, standard deviation, skweness and kurtosis measurement, and Cronbach's Alpha.

From: Patient reported outcomes in head and neck cancer: selecting instruments for quality of life integration in clinical protocols

Instrument

Scale

Mean

(SD)

Skewness

Kurtosis

Cronbach's Alpha

EORTC H&N35

Pain

0.25

0.22

0.92

0.32

0.72

 

Swallowing

0.28

0.29

0.83

-0.34

0.90

 

Senses problems

0.20

0.30

1.42

0.85

0.70

 

Speech problems

0.35

0.34

0.79

-0.20

0.46

 

Trouble with social eating

0.24

0.29

1.14

0.25

0.92

 

Trouble with social contact

0.20

0.22

1.31

1.17

0.86

 

Less Sexuality

0.16

0.26

1.60

1.73

0.99

 

Total

-

-

-

-

0.90

FACT (H&N-G)

Total

-

-

-

-

0.57