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

Table 5

Speech and swallowing: simple linear regression model.

Factor	Mean visits (95% CI)	P value
Sex
Male	3.5 (2.5–4.6)	0.84
Female	3.8 (−0.3–8.0)
Age (years)
≥60	4.5 (2.3–6.6)	0.12
<60	2.9 (2.1–3.7)
Race
White	3.8 (2.7–4.9)	0.21
African American	1.8 (0.3–3.4)
KPS score
High (90 or 100)	3.7 (2.6–4.8)	0.5
Low (70 or 80)	2.8 (0.3–5.2)
Tumor site
Nonoropharynx	3.4 (1.7–5.2)	0.88
Oropharynx	3.6 (2.4–4.9)
Disease stage
Stage III	2.5 (1.1–3.8)	0.13
Stage IV	4.1 (2.7–5.4)
Smoking status
Never smoker	4.8 (2.0–7.6)
Ever smoker	3.4 (2.1–4.6)	0.22
Current smoker	2.6 (1.2–4.0)	0.1
Marital status
Married	3.8 (2.4–5.1)	0.54
Single	3.1 (1.8–4.4)
Insurance
Nonprivate	4.9	0.11
Private	3.1
Distance
<20 miles	3.9	0.52
≥20 miles	3.2

KPS: Karnofsky performance status.