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. 2021 Mar 8;37(2):286–296. doi: 10.1007/s00455-021-10277-5

Table 1.

Brief overview of the contents of the items included in the S-EEsAI and their corresponding domains

Item Question
1 Do you have difficulties chewing?
Visual dysphagia question
 2 Today, how difficult are the eight different foodsa to swallow?
 3 Explain any deviances in item 2
Avoidance, modification and slow eating score
 4 In the past 7 days, have you altogether avoided these foodsa because of your disease?
 5 In the past 7 days, have you eaten these foods?a
 6 In the past 7 days, have you modified these foods?a
 7 In the past 7 days, have you eaten these foodsa slower compared to other people?
Frequency of trouble swallowing
 8 In the past 7 days, how often have you had trouble swallowing?
Duration of trouble swallowing
 9 In the past 7 days, how long did an episode of trouble swallowing last?
Pain when swallowing
 10 In the past 7 days, has it been painful to swallow?

S-EEsAI Swedish Eosinophilic Esophagitis Activity Index

aThe respondents evaluated the difficulty of eating the following eight food consistencies: solid meat, soft foods, boiled rice, ground meat, white bread, porridge, raw fibrous foods, and French fries