Social participation in head and neck cancer survivors with swallowing disorder: World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 study

Autor: Shari Goo-Yoshino, Yu Hao Lee, Shih Ching Chen, Tsan Hon Liou, Hua-Fang Liao, Henry L. Lew, Wen Chou Chi, Chia Feng Yen
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Head & Neck. 42:905-912
ISSN: 1097-0347
1043-3074
DOI: 10.1002/hed.26062
Popis: BACKGROUND Social function and quality of life were negatively impacted by the sequelae of treatment for the disease in the head and neck cancer survivor with swallowing disorder. METHOD Data from a total of 1023 survivors between July 2012 and November 2017 were collected from the Taiwan Data Bank of Persons with Disability. Nonparametric rank F test was used to analyze the influence of different variables on social participation. RESULTS (a) All WHODAS (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule) 2.0 scores revealed significantly increased difficulty when swallowing impairment increased (P
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