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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Apr 28;46(6):10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.01.012. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.01.012

Table 5.

Responsiveness of K-ESAS Symptom Scores After Seven Days, as Measured by the Correlation Between Changes in K-ESAS Scores and Changes in Corresponding K-MDASI or K-HADS Symptom Scores (n = 38)

K-ESAS Item Pearson Correlation Coefficient (95% CI)
P-value
K-MDASI K-HADS
Pain 0.42 (0.11, 0.65) 0.0044
Fatigue 0.42 (0.12, 0.65) 0.0037
Nausea 0.57 (0.30, 0.75) <0.0001
Depression 0.05 (−0.28, 0.36) 0.3886
Anxiety 0.25 (−0.08, 0.53) 0.0645
Drowsiness 0.47 (0.17, 0.68) 0.0013
Loss of appetite 0.54 (0.26, 0.73) 0.0008
Feeling of Well-being 0.0062
Dyspnea 0.49 (0.19, 0.69) 0.0002
Sleep disturbance 0.40 (0.09, 0.63) 0.0044

K-ESAS = Korean version of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System; K-MDASI = Korean version of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory; K-HADS = Korean version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; CI = confidence interval.