| Scale Items Symptoms | Treatment Period | |||||
| Onset | Post | Diff. Bet. Means | p-Value | |||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||
| Pain | 20.85 (21.18) | 50.59 (26.08) | −29.73 | <0.01 | ||
| Senses; taste & smell | 23.60 (28.89) | 64.66 (31.66) | −41.05 | <0.01 | ||
| Swallowing | 22.53 (23.76) | 50.70 (28.30) | −28.18 | <0.01 | ||
| Problems with speech | 34.58 (25.40) | 41.14 (25.95) | −6.55 | <0.01 | ||
| Social/feeding problems | 18.55 (23.40) | 39.53 (27.18) | −20.97 | <0.01 | ||
| Interaction difficulties | 20.63 (22.71) | 28.83 (23.48) | −8.19 | <0.01 | ||
| Sexuality | 37.69 (32.90) | 47.12 (35.25) | −9.43 | <0.05 | ||
| Problems with teeth | 27.5 (39.50) | 33.3 (42.9) | 5.8 | 0.682 | ||
| Difficulty opening mouth | 23.99 (35.50) | 41.98 (36.17) | −18.04 | <0.01 | ||
| Dry mouth | 28.99 (28.16) | 62.98 (33.09) | −33.98 | <0.01 | ||
| Sticky Saliva | 29.92 (29.79) | 64.72 (32.11) | −34.79 | <0.01 | ||
| Cough | 8.80 (15.6) | 36.2 (35.1) | −26.4 | <0.01 | ||
| Feels Sick | 25.32 (28.80) | 41.58 (32.48) | −16.26 | <0.01 | ||
| Takes analgesics | 48.77 (50.11) | 19.21 (39.49) | 29.55 | <0.01 | ||
| Food supplement | 5.90 (24.10) | 23.50 (43.70) | −17.6 | 0.165 | ||
| Feeding with a tube | 5.90 (24.30) | 11.80 (32.20) | −5.9 | 0.779 | ||
| Weight loss | 62.0 (49.11) | 21.51 (39.73) | 40.48 | <0.01 | ||
| Weight gain | 22.50 (43.70) | 46.10 (51.40) 78 | −23.60 | 0.202 | ||