Table 2.

EAT. Mean scores, item–test correlations for the cancer patients

Item		M	SD	rit	Alpha (del)
1	Weight loss	0.73	1.14	0.70	0.93
2	Problems with meals	1.06	1.43	0.80	0.93
3	Swallowing liquids	0.49	0.94	0.70	0.93
4	Swallowing solids	1.10	1.31	0.84	0.92
5	Swallowing tablets	0.81	1.23	0.74	0.93
6	Swallowing painful	0.55	0.97	0.73	0.93
7	Reduced pleasure to eat	0.96	1.31	0.85	0.92
8	Food sticks in throat	0.42	0.90	0.62	0.93
9	Coughing when eating	0.65	1.06	0.64	0.93
10	Swallowing stressful	0.82	1.13	0.86	0.92
Sum	(range 0–40)	7.62	9.15	–	alpha = 0.94

r_it part-whole corrected item–test correlation, alpha (del) Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted