92 Appendix Appendix 1. Spearman correlation coefficients of the MAT versus the EORTC QLQ-H&N35 *: p<0.05, M0: before treatment, M3: 3 months after treatment, M6: 6 months after treatment MAT EORTC QLQ-H&N35 M0 (n = 101) M3 (n = 92) M6 (n = 92) Spearman’s ρ p-value Spearman’s ρ p-value Spearman’s ρ p-value Pain in mouth 0.082 0.417 0.066 0.541 -0.014 0.896 Swallowing 0.103 0.312 0.123 0.253 0.245 0.018* Senses problems 0.120 0.238 0.198 0.065 0.101 0.337 Speech problems 0.009 0.929 0.200 0.062 0.156 0.135 Trouble with social eating 0.141 0.166 0.276 0.009* 0.201 0.054 Trouble with social contact 0.029 0.778 0.295 0.005* 0.209 0.045* Less sexuality -0.048 0.642 0.084 0.447 0.187 0.078 Teeth -0.004 0.972 0.097 0.368 0.106 0.313 Opening mouth 0.026 0.803 0.211 0.048* -0.028 0.792 Dry mouth -0.035 0.734 -0.032 0.766 -0.122 0.243 Sticky saliva -0.053 0.605 -0.001 0.995 -0.073 0.487 Coughing 0.102 0.317 0.186 0.083 0.143 0.171 Feeling ill 0.013 0.903 0.113 0.296 0.104 0.324 Pain killers 0.135 0.186 0.068 0.530 0.069 0.510 Nutritional supplements 0.163 0.109 0.214 0.045* 0.089 0.395 Feeding tube -0.102 0.319 0.146 0.173 -0.040 0.703 Weight loss -0.119 0.247 -0.004 0.968 -0.009 0.936 Weight gain 0.058 0.571 0.004 0.970 0.086 0.412
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