Table 2.
Correlation between SWAL-QOL domains and VFS outcomes
| VFS | SWAL-QOL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating duration | Eating desire | Fear of eating | General burden | |
| Thin liquid | ||||
| Postswallow vallecular pooling |
0.484 p = 0.025 p = 0.123* |
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| Postswallow pyriform sinus pooling |
– 0.438 p = 0.012 p = 0.193* |
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| Thick liquid | ||||
| Postswallow vallecular pooling |
– 0.410 p = 0.034 p = 0.180* |
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| Postswallow pyriform sinus pooling |
– 0.453 p = 0.020 p = 0.228* |
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| Cracker | ||||
| Postswallow pyriform sinus pooling |
0.532 p = 0.005 p = 0.064* |
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| Piecemeal deglutition |
– 0.478 p = 0.012 p = 0.123* |
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The level of significance (p) before and after(*) the correction for multiple tests is presented