Table 4.

Items reported to help keep the mouth moist

Dry mouth response	Drinks		Sweets		Other		Multiple		Total
	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Row %	n	Row %
Total	43	33.1	1	0.8	2	1.5	84	64.6	130
Verbal rating scale (VRS)
Mild	8	38.1	0	0.0	1	4.8	12	57.1	21
Moderate	23	36.5	0	0.0	1	1.6	39	61.9	63
Severe	12	26.1	1	2.2	0	0.0	33	71.7	46
Numerical rating scale (NRS)
2	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	66.7	3
3	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1
4	4	57.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	42.9	7
5	6	30.0	0	0.0	1	5.0	13	65.0	20
6	9	52.9	0	0.0	1	5.9	7	41.2	17
7	4	19.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	81.0	21
8	13	43.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	56.7	30
9	3	23.1	1	7.7	0	0.0	9	69.2	13
10	2	11.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	88.9	18