Correlation between Psychosocial Distress and Quality of Life in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma following Radiotherapy

Table 1

Comparison of DT and FACT-H&N scores in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma before and after radiotherapy.

Group	DT	FACT-H&N
Before radiotherapy	2.81 ± 1.43	68.30 ± 6.14
After radiotherapy	6.60 ± 1.42	39.84 ± 6.14

Note: : P < 0.01; DT, psychological distress thermometer; FACT-H&N, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Head & Neck.