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Table 2 Oral impact on daily performances (OIDP) for the HNC and the T7 cohorts

From: Oral health related quality of life in long-term survivors of head and neck cancer compared to a general population from the seventh Tromsø study

Daily performance

HNC cohort n (%)

T7 cohort n (%)

p*

OIDP total

No problems

34 (16.4)

9683 (80.5)

 < 0.001

Problems

173 (83.6)

2341 (19.5)

 

Eat and enjoy food

No problem

66 (31.4)

10,685 (87.0)

 < 0.001

Problem

144 (68.6)

1594 (13.0)

 

Speak and pronounce

No problem

91 (44.8)

11,677 (95.4)

 < 0.001

Problem

112 (55.2)

565 (4.6)

 

Clean teeth

No problem

132 (64.7)

11,315 (92.5)

 < 0.001

Problem

72 (35.3)

913 (7.5)

 

Smile/show teeth

No problem

145 (70.7)

11,140 (91.2)

 < 0.001

Problem

60 (29.3)

1080 (8.8)

 

Sleep and relax

No problem

114 (56.2)

11,576 (94.8)

 < 0.001

Problem

89 (43.8)

637 (5.2)

 

Emotionally stabile

No problem

110 (53.9)

11,553 (94.7)

 < 0.001

Problem

94 (46.1)

652 (5.3)

 

Enjoy company

No problem

122 (59.5)

11,428 (93.7)

 < 0.001

Problem

83 (40.5)

762 (6.3)

 

Daily tasks

No problem

122 (60.1)

11,770 (96.9)

 < 0.001

Problem

81 (39.9)

377 (3.1)

 
  1. *Statistical significance assessed by the Pearson’s chi-square test