Table 2.
Results of the distribution-based MDC analysis
| Measurement | Domain | Scale range | Number | Mean ± SD at Week 4 | Number of patients with minimum score at Week 4 | Number of patients with maximum score at Week 4 | 0.5 SD at baseline | Intraclass correlation coefficient | SEM |
| HSS-DDI | Total | 0-100 | 268 | 75 ± 22 | < 1 (1) | 9 (24) | 11 | 0.86 | 9 |
| Dysphagia | 0-100 | 268 | 69 ± 24 | 1 (2) | 9 (24) | 12 | 0.84 | 10 | |
| Dysphonia | 0-100 | 268 | 85 ± 22 | < 1 (1) | 38 (101) | 11 | 0.88 | 8 | |
| SWAL-QOL | 0-100 | 169 | 80 ± 18 | 0 (0) | 12 (21) | 9 | |||
| MDADI | 20-100 | 168 | 84 ± 17 | 0 (0) | 23 (38) | 8 |
SEM = standard error of measurement.