Table 3 Descriptive statistics and reliability of the QOL-RTI/H&N ( n = 238)
Domain | No. of items | Range of score | Mean ± SD | a^ | Split-half coefficient | ICC(95% CI) | Item-own domain correlation | Item-other domain correlation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Function | 9 | (0.6, 10.0) | 6.50 ± 1.83 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.82(0.70, 0.89) | 0.50 ~ 0.71 | 0.02 ~ 0.44 |
Emotion | 7 | (1.7, 10.0) | 6.22 ± 1.38 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.90(0.84, 0.94) | 0.44 ~ 0.64 | 0.086 ~ 0.41 |
Family | 6 | (4.0, 10.0) | 6.83 ± 1.24 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.80(0.67, 0.88) | 0.42 ~ 0.65 | 0.04 ~ 0.32 |
General | 3 | (1.7, 10.0) | 6.97 ± 1.70 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.88(0.79, 0.93) | 0.79 ~ 0.83 | 0.11 ~ 0.55 |
Pain | 2 | (0.0, 10.0) | 7.18 ± 2.93 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.87(0.78, 0.92) | 0.89 ~ 0.91 | 0.17 ~ 0.44 |
Swallow | 5 | (1.2, 10.0) | 6.90 ± 1.91 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.93(0.88, 0.96) | 0.50 ~ 0.73 | 0.02 ~ 0.44 |
Saliva | 3 | (0.0, 10.0) | 3.93 ± 2.82 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.89(0.82, 0.94) | 0.79 ~ 0.84 | 0.08 ~ 0.41 |
Appearance | 1 | (0.0, 10.0) | 6.71 ± 3.16 | NA | NA | 0.87(0.75, 0.93) | 1.000 | 0.14 ~ 0.40 |
Speech | 1 | (0.0, 10.0) | 7.78 ± 2.83 | NA | NA | 0.89(0.80, 0.94) | 1.000 | 0.06 ~ 0.15 |
Taste | 1 | (0.0, 10.0) | 6.00 ± 3.53 | NA | NA | 0.94(0.89, 0.96) | 1.000 | 0.08 ~ 0.41 |
Cough | 1 | (0.0, 10.0) | 7.65 ± 2.75 | NA | NA | 0.87(0.76, 0.93) | 1.000 | 0.15 ~ 0.42 |