TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of swallowing by Sydney swallow questionnaire (SSQ) in oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients treated with primary surgery
AU - Dwivedi, Raghav C.
AU - St.rose, Suzanne
AU - Chisholm, Edward J.
AU - Georgalas, Christos
AU - Bisase, Brian
AU - Amen, Furrat
AU - Kerawala, Cyrus J.
AU - Clarke, Peter M.
AU - Nutting, Christopher M.
AU - Rhys-Evans, Peter H.
AU - Harrington, Kevin J.
AU - Kazi, Rehan
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - This work aimed at evaluating patients' swallowing functions by a newly validated swallow-specific questionnaire, the Sydney Swallow Questionnaire (SSQ), in a cohort of oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients. Mean/median SSQ scores were calculated and compared with study variables using the Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test. The mean composite SSQ scores (SD) for the base of tongue, oral tongue, and tonsillar cancer patients were 663.8 (382.8), 456.2 (407.6), and 283.0 (243.1), respectively (p = 0.005); for advanced vs. early T stage disease they were 918.1 (319.5) vs. 344.8 (292.1) (p ≤ 0.001); for patients <60 years vs. ≥60 years they were 549.3 (415.1) vs. 314.0 (247.3) (p = 0.02); and for patients with reconstruction vs. without reconstruction they were 676.5 (410.5) vs. 331.9 (286.5) (p = 0.002). SSQ is a useful tool for evaluation of swallowing in head and neck cancer patients. Site of cancer, T stage, patient's age, and reconstruction directly affect post-treatment swallow outcome.
AB - This work aimed at evaluating patients' swallowing functions by a newly validated swallow-specific questionnaire, the Sydney Swallow Questionnaire (SSQ), in a cohort of oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients. Mean/median SSQ scores were calculated and compared with study variables using the Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test. The mean composite SSQ scores (SD) for the base of tongue, oral tongue, and tonsillar cancer patients were 663.8 (382.8), 456.2 (407.6), and 283.0 (243.1), respectively (p = 0.005); for advanced vs. early T stage disease they were 918.1 (319.5) vs. 344.8 (292.1) (p ≤ 0.001); for patients <60 years vs. ≥60 years they were 549.3 (415.1) vs. 314.0 (247.3) (p = 0.02); and for patients with reconstruction vs. without reconstruction they were 676.5 (410.5) vs. 331.9 (286.5) (p = 0.002). SSQ is a useful tool for evaluation of swallowing in head and neck cancer patients. Site of cancer, T stage, patient's age, and reconstruction directly affect post-treatment swallow outcome.
KW - Deglutition
KW - Deglutition disorders
KW - Head and neck cancer
KW - Oral cancer
KW - Oropharyngeal cancer
KW - SSQ
KW - Swallowing
KW - Sydney Swallow Questionnaire
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84876298770
U2 - 10.1007/s00455-012-9395-z
DO - 10.1007/s00455-012-9395-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 22350113
AN - SCOPUS:84876298770
SN - 0179-051X
VL - 27
SP - 491
EP - 497
JO - Dysphagia
JF - Dysphagia
IS - 4
ER -
