title: Communicative participation and quality of life in head and neck cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine how a new self-report outcome measure of communicative participation, the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB), related to disease- and discipline-specific quality of life (QOL) outcomes in a head and neck cancer (HNC) population.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred ninety-five individuals treated for HNC completed the CPIB, the University of Washington Quality of Life questionnaire (UW-QOL), and the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results revealed moderate QOL scores across the UW-QOL (mean scores: global QOL = 66; physical subscale = 70; social-emotional subscale = 73) and VHI-10 (mean = 16). Correlations between the CPIB and the UW-QOL scores were statistically significant (P < .001) but relatively weak (r = .37-.38). As hypothesized, a stronger correlation was found between the CPIB and the VHI-10 (r = -0.79; P < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians may consider adopting the CPIB to complement existing tools in assessing communication outcomes after HNC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Tanya L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Eadie
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lamvik
authors.forename: Carolyn R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Baylor
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Yorkston
authors.forename: Jiseon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amtmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D012919:Social Behavior; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: communication; head and neck cancer; outcome measures; quality of life; speech