Table 4.

Maximum Correlations Using the Maximum Head and Neck Lymphedema and Fibrosis Symptom Inventory Scores with Established Self-Report Measure Score

Established measures	HN-LEF Symptom Inventory
	Soft issues/neurologic toxicity	Systemic symptoms/social functioning	Jaw and oral dysfunction	Swallowing and taste changes	Body image and sexuality	Communication	Mucosal irritation
EORTC-QLQ Global Health	−0.25	−0.52	−0.27	−0.33	−0.34	−0.38	−0.49
Neck Disability Index	0.48	0.66	0.35	0.39	0.43	0.51	0.52
Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire
Sensory	0.45	0.50	0.45	0.42	0.43	0.51	0.47
Affective	0.47	0.62	0.49	0.38	0.44	0.47	0.50
Present pain intensity	0.56	0.53	0.37	0.40	0.31	0.41	0.45
Visual analogue	0.46	0.59	0.40	0.35	0.32	0.45	0.48
VHNSS
Mouth pain	0.34	0.30	0.40	0.40	0.42	0.43	0.37
General pain	0.49	0.49	0.49	0.55	0.37	0.49	0.60
Swallowing solids	0.40	0.51	0.43	0.56	0.39	0.45	0.42
Swallowing liquids	0.27	0.44	0.41	0.53	0.36	0.33	0.47
Nutrition	0.33	0.45	0.33	0.52	0.37	0.42	0.47
Mucus	0.22	0.49	0.34	0.60	0.36	0.40	0.57
Dry mouth	0.21	0.45	0.26	0.63	0.37	0.29	0.44
Taste/smell	0.35	0.57	0.53	0.60	0.46	0.71	0.62
Voice/communication	0.42	0.57	0.52	0.63	0.60	0.70	0.59
Teeth	0.50	0.49	0.39	0.36	0.40	0.73	0.56
Hearing	0.33	0.49	0.57	0.26	0.23	0.37	0.44
Trismus	0.43	0.29	0.66	0.40	0.28	0.35	0.29
Neck range of motion	0.48	0.36	0.56	0.38	0.49	0.26	0.23
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Total	0.36	0.62	0.40	0.40	0.52	0.46	0.57
Anxiety	0.45	0.62	0.47	0.44	0.44	0.57	0.51
Depression	0.46	0.65	0.43	0.49	0.54	0.47	0.53
VHNSS–GSS
Unexplained fatigue	0.46	0.63	0.38	0.42	0.35	0.52	0.50
Fatigue limits activity	0.45	0.64	0.46	0.50	0.38	0.49	0.59
Falling asleep	0.41	0.61	0.30	0.39	0.31	0.31	0.39
Staying asleep	0.32	0.66	0.29	0.37	0.43	0.44	0.49
Unexplained sweating	0.33	0.58	0.26	0.41	0.37	0.30	0.43
Cold	0.25	0.50	0.32	0.52	0.36	0.33	0.36
Hot	0.24	0.48	0.24	0.31	0.29	0.51	0.38
Memory	0.46	0.43	0.35	0.28	0.28	0.42	0.44
Joint pain/aches	0.34	0.51	0.28	0.42	0.47	0.40	0.40
Sad/depressed	0.45	0.47	0.35	0.41	0.48	0.39	0.43
Anxious	0.18	0.45	0.42	0.31	0.41	0.34	0.47
Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale—Short Form C	−0.25	−0.23	−0.05	−0.21	−0.37	−0.19	−0.25

Values in italics indicate at least 20% shared variability; values in bold indicate at least 30% shared variance.

Maximum observed correlation from the posttreatment assessment time points.

Highest single symptom (item) value comprising each HN-LEF Symptom Inventory subscale.