Table 2.

The 12 items of the tracheostomy well-being score

Category	Items
Respiration	How often do you experience shortness of breath?
	How often do you feel that your trachea is dry?
Coughing	How often do you cough?
	Do you have coughing attacks while you speak?
Pain	How often do you have pain while suctioning?
	How often do you have pain when changing your cannula?
Speaking	How often do you think you are well understood with whispered speech?
	How often do you feel the volume of your speech is normal?
Swallowing	How often does your tracheostomy tube interfere with swallowing liquids or food?
	How often do you feel saliva flowing into the trachea?
Comfort	How often do you feel shame or disgust because of your tracheostomy tube?
	How often do you find the fixation of your tracheostomy tube comfortable?

Note. The items are to be answered on a 4-point Likert scale (0 = never, 1 = rarely, 2 = often, 3 = always)