Enhanced patient reported outcome measurement suitable for head and neck cancer follow-up clinics

Head & Neck Oncology

Table 3 UW-QOL domain scores between 188 pairs of clinic visits (from 75 patients) up to 6 months apart, by whether at the later clinic patients had said that things had got worse, stayed the same or got better over the previous month

	WBS at clinic 2	N	UW-QOL mean score at clinic 1	UW-QOL mean score at clinic 2	Change in UW-QOL domain score from clinic 1 to clinic 2
	WBS at clinic 2	N	UW-QOL mean score at clinic 1	UW-QOL mean score at clinic 2	Number worse	Number same	Number better	Mean change in UW-QOL score*
Pain	Worse	25	56	44	11	12	2	-12
	Stable	116	71	75	16	76	24	+4
	Better	47	84	90	4	28	15	+6
Appearance	Worse	8	59	50	2	6	-	-9
	Stable	136	73	76	18	88	30	+3
	Better	44	77	82	2	32	10	+5
Activity	Worse	15	52	48	3	10	2	-3
	Stable	128	69	66	21	92	15	-2
	Better	45	75	80	5	27	13	+5
Recreation	Worse	14	61	52	5	8	1	-9
	Stable	138	71	72	23	87	28	+1
	Better	36	87	87	9	18	9	0
Swallowing	Worse	13	57	31	8	4	1	-26
	Stable	141	69	71	12	111	18	+2
	Better	34	80	84	3	25	6	+4
Chewing	Worse	22	39	23	7	14	1	-16
	Stable	137	53	55	9	110	18	+3
	Better	29	76	79	2	23	4	+3
Speech	Worse	11	68	59	3	8	-	-9
	Stable	135	79	79	11	112	12	0
	Better	42	75	81	2	31	9	+6
Shoulder	Worse	13	41	34	7	2	4	-7
	Stable	135	78	79	18	96	21	+1
	Better	40	81	85	3	30	7	+4
Taste	Worse	9	43	24	4	4	1	-19
	Stable	150	70	70	20	108	22	0
	Better	29	76	81	1	25	3	+5
Saliva	Worse	21	52	36	8	13	-	-16
	Stable	147	64	63	21	107	19	-1
	Better	20	84	82	3	16	1	-2
Mood	Worse	16	56	27	9	6	1	-30
	Stable	135	73	73	36	66	33	0
	Better	37	82	88	3	25	9	+6
Anxiety	Worse	16	59	36	9	5	2	-23
	Stable	137	68	72	17	86	34	+4
	Better	35	80	88	4	19	12	+8

* Differences between mean scores of clinic 1 and clinic 2 were done at 2 decimal places and then rounded to the nearest unit.