Multidisciplinary Service Utilization Pattern by Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Single Institution Study

Table 4

Dietician services: simple linear regression model.

Factor	Mean visits (95% CI)	P value
Sex
Male	12.7 (10.8–14.5)	0.68
Female	13.8 (3.6–24.1)
Age (years)
≥60	14.6 (11.8–17.3)	0.09
<60	11.5 (9.0–13.9)
Race
White	12.8 (10.8–14.9)	0.91
African American	12.5 (8.7–16.3)
KPS score
High (90 or 100)	12.9 (10.9–15.0)	0.72
Low (70 or 80)	12 (6.6–17.4)
Tumor site
Nonoropharynx	13.4 (9.3–17.6)	0.67
Oropharynx	12.6 (10.4–14.7)
Disease stage
Stage III	11.7 (8.6–14.7)	0.39
Stage IV	13.3 (11.0–15.7)
Smoking status
Never smoker	14.5 (10.9–18.2)
Ever smoker	12.7 (10.2–15.2)	0.4
Current smoker	11.1 (6.5–15.6)	0.16
Marital status
Married	12.7 (10.5–14.9)	0.88
Single	13 (9.1–16.9)
Insurance
Nonprivate	13.4	0.67
Private	12.6
Distance
<20 miles	13.7	0.35
≥20 miles	11.9

KPS: Karnofsky performance status.