From: Quality of life and problems associated with obturators of patients with maxillectomies
Variables | Not at all | A little | Somewhat | Very much | Extremely | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Difficulty in chewing foods | Count | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
% | 43.3 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 26.7 | |
Leakage when swallowing foods | Count | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
% | 33.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 10.0 | 23.3 | |
Voice different from before surgery | Count | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
% | 60.0 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | |
Difficulty talking in public | Count | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
% | 43.3 | 26.7 | 13.3 | 3.3 | 13.3 | |
Speech is nasal | Count | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
% | 60.0 | 16.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 10.0 | |
Difficulty pronouncing words | Count | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
% | 73.3 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | |
Speech is difficult to understand | Count | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
% | 72.4 | 13.8 | 3.4 | .0 | 10.3 | |
Difficulty talking on the phone | Count | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
% | 70.0 | 20.0 | 0 | .0 | 10.0 | |
Mouth feels dry | Count | 15 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
% | 50.0 | 16.7 | 3.3 | 23.3 | 6.7 | |
Dissatisfaction with looks | Count | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
% | 56.7 | 20.0 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 13.3 | |
Clasp on front teeth noticeable | Count | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
% | 53.3 | 23.3 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 3.3 | |
Any area feels numb | Count | 21 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
% | 70.0 | 6.7 | 0 | 16.7 | 6.7 | |
Avoidance of family or social events | Count | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
% | 43.3 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | |
Difficulty to insert or remove obturator | Count | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
% | 76.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | .0 | 10.0 | |
Upper lip looks funny | Count | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
% | 36.7 | 20.0 | 16.7 | 10.0 | 16.7 |