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Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2018 Sep 14;27(4):1405–1415. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4434-4

Table 2.

Mean individual MDASI-symptom item and symptom interference ratings by order of decreasing severity

			Regression coefficient- Univariate analysis^*	P value	P value
Symptom	Entire study cohort n = 152
Local Items	Mean	SD

Dry Mouth^*	4.14	3.16	−0.121	0.000^*
Swallow^**	3.56	3.28	−0.149	0.000^*	0.000^**
Mucus	3.09	3.06
Taste^*	2.43	3.23	−0.102	0.000^*
Choking^*	2.40	3.00	−0.099	0.001^*
Voice/Speech^*	2.36	2.73	−0.111	0.001^*
Teeth/Gum^**	1.27	2.37	−0.182	0.000^*	0.004^**
Constipation	1.17	2.13
Sores	0.90	2.15
Skin	0.56	1.51
*Systemic Items*
Fatigue	2.40	2.62
Sleep	2.02	2.69
Memory	1.99	2.48
Drowsy	1.95	2.49
Appetite^*	1.61	2.66	−0.159	0.000^*
Breath	1.34	2.31
Numbness	1.33	2.38
Distress	1.28	2.07
Sad	1.14	2.05
Pain^*	1.13	2.15	−0.128	0.002^*
Nausea	0.28	1.14
Vomiting	0.15	0.87
Total
(all 22 symptom items)	38.17	33.85
Symptom
Interference
Activity	1.78	2.50
Work	1.68	2.54
Enjoyment	1.46	2.25
Mood	1.36	2.20
Walking	1.13	2.28
Relations	0.97	2.00
Total
(6 symptom interference items)	1.40	1.96

Significant correlations between MDASI-HN symptom items and the FOIS dietary scale in univariate analysis after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.

^**

Significant correlations between MDASI-HN symptom items and the FOIS dietary scale in multivariate analysis.

Abbreviations: FOIS, Functional Oral Intake Scale; MDASI-HN, MD Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head and Neck questionnaire.