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Table 3 Domains and mean scores of the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire assessed globally and separately for the LR and MVR groups

From: Health-related quality of life: a retrospective study on local vs. microvascular reconstruction in patients with oral cancer

UWQLQ

N

Score mean

SD

P-value

 

GLOBAL

87

79.0

21.2

 

Appearance

LR

41

82.3

20.3

0.172

 

MVR

46

76.1

21.7

 

GLOBAL

87

78.9

26.0

Swallowing

LR

42

88.6

22.9

0.001

 

MVR

45

70

25.8

 

GLOBAL

86

78.4

26.0

Chewing

LR

42

89.3

20.8

0.000

 

MVR

44

68.2

26.6

 

GLOBAL

86

78.8

18.8

Speech

LR

42

84.0

17.3

0.011

 

MVR

44

73.9

19.1

 

GLOBAL

86

77.3

25.7

Saliva

LR

42

80.7

24.9

0.235

 

MVR

44

74.1

26.4

 

GLOBAL

87

76.0

27.6

Taste

LR

42

83.6

20.8

0.014

 

MVR

45

69.1

31.5

 

GLOBAL

87

81.3

24.8

Pain

LR

41

87.2

21.0

0.036

 

MVR

46

76.1

26.9

 

GLOBAL

88

76.1

23.0

Activity

LR

42

80.9

21.9

0.060

 

MVR

46

71.7

23.3

 

GLOBAL

87

77.8

26.2

Recreation

LR

42

82.7

26.8

0.095

 

MVR

45

73.3

25.2

 

GLOBAL

80

78.7

30.8

Shoulder

LR

38

84.5

24.7

0.115

 

MVR

42

73.6

34.9

 

GLOBAL

87

78.4

22.6

Mood

LR

42

83.3

20.4

0.051

 

MVR

45

73.9

23.8

 

GLOBAL

87

81.9

18.6

Anxiety

LR

42

84.3

15.2

0.263

 

MVR

45

79.8

21.4

 
  1. LR local reconstruction, MVR microvascular reconstruction
  2. P-values = comparison of mean values LR/MVR for two independent samples using the t-test