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Published in final edited form as: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Dec 1;142(12):1145–1151. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.1198

Table 3.

Correlation Analyses

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1.	Communicative participation	-
2.	Age	−.004	-
3.	Time since diagnosis	.108	.354^*	-
4.	Gender	.097	.279^*	.060	-
5.	Living situation	.038	−.099	−.139	.000	-
6.	Speech severity	.600^*	.065	.015	.099	.087	-
7.	Speech usage	.308^*	−.106	−.077	−.079	.177^*	.327^*	-
8.	Fatigue	.219^*	.123	.046	.265^*	−.021	.118	.046	-
9.	Pain	.159^*	.037	.029	.031	.010	.027	−.011	.280^*	-
10.	Cognitive function	.335^*	.045	.046	.143^*	−.046	.268^*	.069	.333^*	.311^*	-
11.	Education	.137	−.115	−.152^*	.002	.025	.156^*	.056	.114	.033	.093	-
12.	Employment	.067	−.356^*	−.198^*	−.108	−.007	.139	.237^*	−.020	.005	−.002	.231^*	-
13.	Physical activities	.209^*	−.100	−.104	.102	−.005	.141^*	.217^*	.489^*	.305^*	.259^*	.187^*	.266^*	-
14.	Emotional distress	.288^*	.286^*	.264^*	.173^*	.078	.217^*	.037	.415^*	.250^*	.445^*	.028	−.185^*	.178^*	-
15.	Swallowing problems	.256^*	.183^*	.226^*	.180^*	−.102	.247^*	.098	.107	.134	.095	−.056	−.042	.122	.080	-
16.	Hearing loss	.020	.181^*	.184^*	.178^*	−.050	.021	.004	−.012	−.150^*	−.089	−.143^*	.042	−.038	.069	−.034	-
17.	Cancer location	.008	−.401^*	−.235^*	−.349^*	.071	−.037	.046	−.103	−.016	−.084	.213^*	.195^*	.115	−.122	−.340^*	−.181^*	-
18.	Laryngectomy status	.099	−.396^*	−.430^*	−.276^*	.167^*	.110	.150^*	.058	.104	−.100	.363^*	.343^*	.223^*	−.143	−.223^*	−.127	.625^*	-

Note. Pearson correlations, indicated in bold, were used for the interval (continuous) level data, while Spearman correlations were used for the ordinal and nominal (categorical) data. The table above combines both with Pearson reported in bold for the appropriate variables.

denotes significant at p<.05.