Table 4.
Results of the anchor-based MCID analyses with the five-grade anchor
| Measurement | HSS-DDI | |||
| Dysphagia | Dysphonia | |||
| Anchor type | Swallowing | Score change | Speech | Score change |
| Five-grade anchor score | Percent (number) | Mean ± SD change | Percent (number) | Mean ± SD change |
| Much better (+ 2) | 15 (34) | 22 ± 16 | 10 (23) | 11 ± 17 |
| A little better (+ 1)a | 34 (78) | 16 ± 14 | 17 (40) | 14 ± 18 |
| No change (0) | 46 (105) | 9 ± 13 | 70 (161) | 4 ± 13 |
| A little worse (-1) | 4 (10) | 10 ± 19 | 2 (5) | -2 ± 32 |
| Much worse (-2) | 1 (3) | 8 ± 34 | 1 (2) | 5 ± 16 |
| All | 100 (230)b | 13 ± 16 | 100 (231)b | 6 ± 17 |
| Measurement | SWAL-QOL | MDADI | ||
| Anchor type | Swallowing | Score change | Swallowing | Score change |
| Five-grade anchor score | Percent (number) | Mean ± SD change | Percent (number) | Mean ± SD change |
| Much better (+ 2) | 19 (28) | 10 ± 14 | 19 (28) | 6 ± 9 |
| A little better (+ 1)a | 37 (55) | 8 ± 11 | 37 (56) | 6 ± 11 |
| No change (0) | 41 (61) | 3 ± 9 | 40 (61) | 2 ± 7 |
| A little worse (-1) | 3 (4) | -1 ± 9 | 3 (4) | 0 ± 7 |
| Much worse (-2) | 1 (2) | 21± 6 | 1 (2) | 9 ± 4 |
| All | 100 (150)b | 6 ± 11 | 100 (151)b | 4 ± 9 |
a
Indicates the minimum mean change defining the MCIDs.
b
The total number for the all categories is different by surveys or domains due to differences in patients with complete surveys and missing answers.