Impact of dysphagia on quality-of-life in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 864-872

  Lovell, Sarah J ^a   Wong, Hwee Bee ^b   Loh, Kwok Seng ^a   Ngo, Raymond Y S ^c   Wilson, Janet A ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Quality of life; SWAL QOL; UW QOL

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOOD DISORDER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVATION; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SWALLOW QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 25844480581     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20250     Document Type: Article

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