The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population

Dysphagia is a significant health issue and it gives a substantial impact on the individual’s quality of life. This study aims to explore the quality of life of patients with dysphagia in head and neck cancer population. Twenty patients with dysphagia who were attending to oncology clinic in Hospita...

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Main Authors:	Shee, Wei San, Affizal Ahmad, Bhanupiriya Mahadevan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13331/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13331/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13331/1/15069-92183-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-133312019-09-06T21:58:25Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13331/ The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population Shee, Wei San Affizal Ahmad, Bhanupiriya Mahadevan, Dysphagia is a significant health issue and it gives a substantial impact on the individual’s quality of life. This study aims to explore the quality of life of patients with dysphagia in head and neck cancer population. Twenty patients with dysphagia who were attending to oncology clinic in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia for their medical treatment on the head and neck cancer involved in the study. The Swallowing Activity and Participation Profile (SAPP) was used to gather information on the patients’ swallowing ability and psychosocial domains (personal, social and working, and emotional). The results indicated that the swallowing ability was significantly related to the personal, social and working, and emotional domains. The Mann-Whitney test showed no statistically significant difference in the personal domain and in the social and working domain of men and women. Yet the result revealed a statistically significant difference in the emotional domain of men (M = 10.42) and women (M = 14.63). On the whole, this study positively conform that the quality of life of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population was truly affected. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13331/1/15069-92183-1-PB.pdf Shee, Wei San and Affizal Ahmad, and Bhanupiriya Mahadevan, (2019) The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 17 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1675-8161 http://ejournal.ukm.my/jskm/issue/view/686
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description	Dysphagia is a significant health issue and it gives a substantial impact on the individual’s quality of life. This study aims to explore the quality of life of patients with dysphagia in head and neck cancer population. Twenty patients with dysphagia who were attending to oncology clinic in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia for their medical treatment on the head and neck cancer involved in the study. The Swallowing Activity and Participation Profile (SAPP) was used to gather information on the patients’ swallowing ability and psychosocial domains (personal, social and working, and emotional). The results indicated that the swallowing ability was significantly related to the personal, social and working, and emotional domains. The Mann-Whitney test showed no statistically significant difference in the personal domain and in the social and working domain of men and women. Yet the result revealed a statistically significant difference in the emotional domain of men (M = 10.42) and women (M = 14.63). On the whole, this study positively conform that the quality of life of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population was truly affected.
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author	Shee, Wei San Affizal Ahmad, Bhanupiriya Mahadevan,
spellingShingle	Shee, Wei San Affizal Ahmad, Bhanupiriya Mahadevan, The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population
author_facet	Shee, Wei San Affizal Ahmad, Bhanupiriya Mahadevan,
author_sort	Shee, Wei San
title	The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population
title_short	The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population
title_full	The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population
title_fullStr	The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population
title_full_unstemmed	The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population
title_sort	swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13331/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13331/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13331/1/15069-92183-1-PB.pdf
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The swallowing ability and psychosocial domains of patients with dysphagia among head and neck cancer population

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