Table 5.
Associations among the SWAL-QOL versus the MDADI, the DHI, the Dysphagia Severity Scale, and the FOIS (nonparametric Spearman’s correlation coefficients)
| SWAL-QOL | MDADI | DHI | Dysphagia Severity Scale | FOISa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total score | Global assessment | Emotional subscore | Functional subscore | Physical subscore | Total score | Emotional subscore | Functional subscore | Physical subscore | |||
| Burden | 0.84** (71) | 0.69** (73) | 0.79** (72) | 0.79** (72) | 0.78** (72) | −0.68** (39) | −0.77** (43) | −0.54** (41) | −0.46** (41) | 0.54** (55) | 0.50** (73) |
| Food selection | 0.77** (69) | 0.67** (71) | 0.68** (70) | 0.80** (70) | 0.78** (70) | −0.69** (38) | −0.68** (42) | −0.69** (40) | −0.51** (40) | 0.42** (54) | 0.40** (71) |
| Eating duration | 0.70** (69) | 0.57** (71) | 0.63** (70) | 0.66** (70) | 0.72** (70) | −0.70** (39) | −0.63** (43) | −0.69** (41) | −0.40* (41) | 0.38** (55) | 0.41** (71) |
| Eating desire | 0.71** (70) | 0.56** (72) | 0.66** (71) | 0.68** (71) | 0.73** (71) | −0.70** (39) | −0.70** (43) | −0.64** (41) | −0.31* (41) | 0.32* (55) | 0.38** (72) |
| Fear | 0.57** (69) | 0.58** (71) | 0.52** (70) | 0.49** (70) | 0.59** (70) | −0.38* (37) | −0.42** (41) | −0.32* (39) | −0.30 (39) | 0.34* (53) | 0.31** (71) |
| Sleep | 0.39** (71) | 0.36** (73) | 0.31** (72) | 0.47** (72) | 0.42** (72) | −0.47** (39) | −0.47** (43) | −0.40** (41) | −0.35* (41) | 0.12 (55) | 0.26* (73) |
| Fatigue | 0.46** (71) | 0.43** (73) | 0.36** (72) | 0.46** (72) | 0.53** (72) | −0.42** (39) | −0.30* (43) | −0.58** (41) | −0.41** (41) | 0.25 (55) | 0.21 (73) |
| Communication | 0.63** (69) | 0.63** (71) | 0.52** (70) | 0.61** (70) | 0.61** (70) | −0.48** (37) | −0.46** (41) | −0.36* (39) | −0.47** (39) | 0.34* (53) | 0.42** (71) |
| Mental health | 0.86** (69) | 0.72** (71) | 0.82** (70) | 0.83** (70) | 0.80** (70) | −0.80** (37) | −0.85** (41) | −0.63** (39) | −0.49** (39) | 0.42** (53) | 0.48** (71) |
| Social functioning | 0.85** (71) | 0.73** (73) | 0.76** (72) | 0.90** (72) | 0.75** (72) | −0.78** (39) | −0.84** (43) | −0.62** (41) | −0.49** (41) | 0.43** (55) | 0.61** (73) |
| Symptoms | 0.62** (71) | 0.66** (73) | 0.53** (72) | 0.58** (72) | 0.61** (72) | −0.60** (39) | -0.54** (43) | −0.51** (41) | −0.73** (41) | 0.41** (55) | 0.33** (73) |
* Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
** Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
aLower scores indicate more severely impaired oral intake