Table 2 Time from diagnosis, and whether for each UW-QOL domain patients had said that things had got worse, stayed the same or got better over the previous month

Pain

Worse

17

(35)

21

(18)

17

(4)

13

(11)

Stable

61

(124)

56

(47)

57

(13)

72

(61)

0.26

Better

21

(43)

23

(19)

26

(6)

15

(13)

Appearance

Worse

3

(6)

4

(3)

4

(1)

1

(1)

Stable

74

(150)

67

(56)

74

(17)

85

(72)

0.10

Better

23

(46)

30

(25)

22

(5)

14

(12)

Activity

Worse

8

(17)

12

(10)

13

(3)

4

(3)

Stable

74

(149)

66

(55)

74

(17)

85

(72)

0.05

Better

18

(36)

23

(19)

13

(3)

12

(10)

Recreation

Worse

9

(18)

10

(8)

13

(3)

7

(6)

Stable

70

(141)

62

(52)

61

(14)

82

(70)

0.03

Better

21

(43)

29

(24)

26

(6)

11

(9)

Swallowing

Worse

9

(18)

8

(7)

4

(1)

11

(9)

Stable

73

(147)

71

(60)

70

(16)

79

(67)

0.29

Better

18

(37)

20

(17)

26

(6)

11

(9)

Chewing

Worse

15

(31)

18

(15)

17

(4)

13

(11)

Stable

67

(136)

58

(49)

70

(16)

79

(67)

0.04

Better

17

(35)

24

(20)

13

(3)

8

(7)

Speech

Worse

7

(14)

8

(7)

9

(2)

6

(5)

Stable

73

(148)

61

(51)

83

(19)

84

(71)

0.006

Better

20

(40)

31

(26)

9

(2)

11

(9)

Shoulder

Worse

8

(16)

11

(10)

4

(1)

6

(5)

Stable

82

(165)

74

(62)

83

(19)

89

(76)

0.10

Better

10

(21)

14

(12)

13

(3)

5

(4)

Taste

Worse

6

(13)

5

(4)

9

(2)

7

(6)

Stable

80

(162)

80

(67)

78

(18)

85

(72)

0.62

Better

13

(27)

15

(13)

13

(3)

8

(7)

Saliva

Worse

14

(29)

11

(9)

13

(3)

19

(16)

Stable

76

(153)

80

(67)

74

(17)

73

(62)

0.61

Better

10

(20)

10

(8)

13

(3)

8

(7)

Mood

Worse

13

(26)

17

(14)

26

(6)

4

(3)

Stable

72

(146)

68

(57)

52

(12)

86

(73)

0.003

Better

15

(30)

16

(13)

22

(5)

11

(9)

Anxiety

Worse

13

(27)

13

(11)

22

(5)

9

(8)

Stable

72

(145)

70

(59)

70

(16)

78

(66)

0.47

Better

15

(30)

17

(14)

9

(2)

13

(11)