Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and correlations analysis

Variables	CO	DI	DS	CT	AD	DE	AN	CRF
Constipation (CO)	1
Diarrhea (DI)	0.647**	1
Difficulty swallowing (DS)	0.500**	0.445**	1
Change in taste (CT)	0.533**	0.603**	0.617**	1
Abdominal distention (AD)	0.613**	0.556**	0.554**	0.687**	1
Depression (DE)	0.383**	0.220*	0.460**	0.400**	0.467**	1
Anxiety (AN)	0.410**	0.198	0.414**	0.237*	0.420**	0.790**	1
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF)	0.679**	0.583**	0.693**	0.604**	0.646**	0.657**	0.627**	1
Mean	3.02	1.93	5.25	2.77	2.51	5.47	3.92	3.28
SD	3.11	2.47	3.70	3.12	3.08	5.83	5.03	2.85

**, P < 0.01; *, P < 0.05

SD, standard deviation