Compromised quality of life in adult patients who have received a radiation dose towards the basal part of the brain. A case-control study in long-term survivors from cancer in the head and neck region

Table 4 Results from the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) questionnaire in growth hormone sufficient adults who have received a radiation dose towards the basal part of the brain and matched controls ⁴

Domains	Patients n = 15	Controls n = 15	p-value
Emotional reaction	7.0 (10.3)	0.0 (0.0)	0.02 (0.03)
Sleep	5.8 (10.0)	7.1 (15.3)	0.9
Energy	14.6 (23.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.04 (0.07)
Pain	4.2 (12.0)	2.5 (9.8)	0.6
Physical mobility	1.4 (3.6)	0.7 (2.6)	0.4
Social isolation	4.7 (13.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.2
Total score	6.3 (7.6)	1.7 (3.4)	0.08

⁴Score given as mean value ± one standard deviation. High scores reflect low quality of life. P-values in brackets are after the exclusion of two patients with epipharynx cancer.

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