Table 5.

Comparison of Caregiver and Care Recipient Ratings on Oral Problem Scale Items (N=104)

Scale	Item	CG > CR	CG = CR	CG < CR	p Valuea
Xerostomia	Thirst frequency	31%	35%	34%	.63
	Dry lips frequency	20%	32%	49%	<.01
	Dry mouth frequency	26%	32%	42%	.06
	Average severity of dryness (0-10)	29%	29%	42%	.13
Orofacial pain	Facial pain frequency	23%	62%	15%	.25
	Intraoral pain frequency	24%	47%	29%	.43
	Frequency of mouth sores	16%	71%	13%	.63
	Sharp or shooting facial/intraoral pain frequency	21%	66%	13%	.13
	Average pain severity (0-10)	33%	40%	27%	.41
Taste change	Frequency of taste change	30%	37%	33%	.67
Functional impact	Frequency of swallowing difficulty	27%	47%	26%	.83
	Frequency of speaking difficulty	25%	47%	28%	.67
	Frequency of eating difficulty	37%	39%	24%	.11
	Frequency of food restriction	32%	45%	23%	.27
	From dryness (0-10)	29%	34%	36%	.38
	From pain (0-10)	32%	40%	28%	.62
Social impact	Worried frequency	31%	48%	20%	.13
	Bothered frequency	36%	41%	23%	.09
	Frequency of not wanting people around you	26%	64%	10%	.01
	Life less satisfying frequency	22%	58%	20%	.67
Caregiver and Care Recipient Ratings on Oral Problem Subscales (N = 104)
Subscale	Mean ± SD				p value
	Care Recipient	Care Giver
Xerostomia	5.8 ± 2.5	5.1 ± 2.4			<.01
Orofacial pain	1.8 ± 2.1	1.9 ± 2.0			.57
Taste change	4.4 ± 3.6	4.3 ± 3.5			.74
Function impact	2.8 ± 2.2	2.9 ± 2.2			.80
Social impact	2.0 ± 2.2	2.5 ± 2.5			.02

CG = Caregiver, CR = Care recipient.

^aThe p value was obtained by regression of the sign of CG-CR against a constant. It indicated whether there is significant under- or over-estimation in caregiver ratings.