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Table 4 Multiple Linear Regression Analysis for the Predictors of OHRQOL During the Last Week of RT

From: Oral health related quality of life of oral cancer patients treated with radiotherapy alone or with chemotherapy in a tertiary referral centre in Sri Lanka

Domain/Item

 

B

(β)

P Value

95% Confident Interval of B

Lower

Upper

Eating problema

Constant

100.43

 

0.000

88.62

112.23

Marital status

-17.00

− 0.374

0.001

-26.91

-7.1

Sites of metastasis

6.00

0.241

0.031

0.57

11.43

Gum & speechb

Constant

34.02

 

0.000

28.91

39.13

Baseline OHRQOL (Gum & Speech)

0.74

0.54

0.000

0.48

0.99

Teethc

Constant

27.357

 

0.000

19.665

35.048

 

Baseline OHRQOL

(Teeth)

0.375

0.261

0.017

0.069

0.682

  1. aR2=14%, Adjusted R2 = 12%
  2. bR2=29%, Adjusted R2 = 28%
  3. cR2=7%, Adjusted R2 = 6%