Evaluation of Swallowing by Sydney Swallow Questionnaire (SSQ) in Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients Treated with Primary Surgery

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–Whi...

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Published in:Dysphagia 2012-12, Vol.27 (4), p.491-497
Main Authors: Dwivedi, Raghav C., St.Rose, Suzanne, Chisholm, Edward J., Georgalas, Christos, Bisase, Brian, Amen, Furrat, Kerawala, Cyrus J., Clarke, Peter M., Nutting, Christopher M., Rhys-Evans, Peter H., Harrington, Kevin J., Kazi, Rehan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer patients
Care and treatment
Comparative analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Deglutition - physiology
Deglutition Disorders - epidemiology
Deglutition Disorders - etiology
Deglutition Disorders - physiopathology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Humans
Imaging
Incidence
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Article
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms - complications
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms - physiopathology
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms - surgery
Otorhinolaryngology
Postoperative Complications
Quality of Life
Radiology
Severity of Illness Index
Surgery
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Throat cancer
Treatment Outcome
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Summary: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
ISSN:0179-051X
1432-0460
DOI:10.1007/s00455-012-9395-z