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- Title
Social participation in head and neck cancer survivors with swallowing disorder: World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 study.
- Authors
Lee, Yu‐Hao; Goo‐Yoshino, Shari; Lew, Henry L.; Chi, Wen‐Chou; Yen, Chia‐Feng; Liao, Hua‐Fang; Chen, Shih‐Ching; Liou, Tsan‐Hon
- Abstract
Background: Social function and quality of life were negatively impacted by the sequelae of treatment for the disease in the head and neck cancer survivor with swallowing disorder. Method: Data from a total of 1023 survivors between July 2012 and November 2017 were collected from the Taiwan Data Bank of Persons with Disability. Nonparametric rank F test was used to analyze the influence of different variables on social participation. Results: (a) All WHODAS (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule) 2.0 scores revealed significantly increased difficulty when swallowing impairment increased (P <.001). (b) Unemployment, institutionalization, severity of swallowing impairment, cancer sites, and WHODAS 2.0 score of domains 1 to 4 were negatively related to social participation, while living in rural area is related to increased social participation. Conclusions: Social participation was negatively affected by many variables in this population. Among these variables, cancer sites and WHODAS 2.0 score of domains 1 to 4 were the strongest factors.
- Subjects
WORLD Health Organization; SOCIAL participation; HEAD &; neck cancer; CANCER patients; WORLD health; DISABILITIES
- Publication
Head & Neck, 2020, Vol 42, Issue 5, p905
- ISSN
1043-3074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hed.26062