Table 1.

Differences on SWAL-QOL domains between DM1 patients and healthy subjects

SWAL-QOL domains	DM1 patients N = 75	Healthy control subjects N = 25	p valuea	Cronbach’s αb
Burden	88 (63; 100)c	100 (100; 100)c	0.001	0.90
Food selection	75 (50; 100)	100 (100; 100)	0.001	0.83
Eating duration	50 (25; 88)	100 (94; 100)	0.001	0.85
Eating desire	92 (58; 100)	100 (100; 100)	0.003	0.87
Fear of eating	94 (75; 100)	100 (100; 100)	0.001	0.84
Sleep	75 (50; 100)	88 (75; 100)	0.031	0.84
Fatigue	42 (25; 75)	92 (83; 100)	0.001	0.88
Communication	75 (63; 88)	100 (100; 100)	0.001	0.83
Mental health	95 (75; 100)	100 (100; 100)	0.001	0.88
Social functioning	100 (75; 100)	100 (100; 100)	0.001	0.94
Symptom score	66 (54; 86)	100 (95.5; 100)	0.001	0.94

^aMann–Whitney U test; significance level: p value < 0.05

^bCronbach’s α > 0.7

^cValues are median and 25th;75th percentiles