Table 1 Participant characteristics.
From: Validation of the Swedish Eating Assessment Tool, S-EAT-10, for patients with head and neck cancer
Median (Min.–Max.) | ||
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 63 (44–80) | |
Time since completion of oncologic treatment (months) | 9 (6–37) | |
n (%) | ||
Sex | Male | 44 (73) |
Female | 16 (27) | |
Education | Elementary school | 20 (33) |
High school | 21(35) | |
Higher education | 18 (30) | |
Missing | 1 (2) | |
Self-perceived difficulties swallowing/eating/drinking or coughing during meals | 50 (83) | |
Meal duration (min) | < 15 min | 9 (15) |
15–30 min | 39 (65) | |
30–45 min | 6 (10) | |
> 45 min | 2 (2) | |
Not able to swallow | 3 (5) | |
Missing data | 1 (2) | |
Feeding tube at time of VFSS | 7 (12) | |
Comorbidity (ACE-27)a | None | 32 (53) |
Mild | 20 (33) | |
Moderate | 7 (12) | |
Severe | 1 (2) | |
Body mass index (BMI) classificationa | Underweight (< 18.5) | 2 (3) |
Normal (18.5–24.9) | 42 (70) | |
Overweight (> 25.0) | 12 (20) | |
Missing | 4 (7) | |
Tumor localization | Tonsil | 24 (40) |
Base of tongue | 21 (35) | |
Hypofarynx | 8 (13) | |
Larynx | 7 (12) | |
Tumor stage | I | 6 (10) |
II | 6 (10) | |
III | 6 (10) | |
IV | 42 (70) | |
