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Table 4 Dumping syndrome items with abbreviated stems and item statisticsa

From: Patient-reported outcome domains for the esophageal CONDUIT report card: a prospective trial to establish domains

Item Stem

Response Categories

Item Statistics, Min, Median, Max; Mean (SD)

Hypoglycemia

 Shock

0 (no) and 1(yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.11 (0.32)

 Fainting

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 0; 0.00 (0.00)b

 Breathlessness

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.24 (0.43)

 Weakness

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.39 (0.49)

 Sleepiness

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.37 (0.49)

 Rapidly beating heart

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.19 (0.39)

 Restlessness

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.23 (0.42)

 Headaches

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.09 (0.28)

 Sweating

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.34 (0.48)

Gastrointestinal Tract Symptoms

 Nausea

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.37 (0.49)

 Abnormal fullness

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 1, 1; 0.60 (0.49)

 Rumbling sound from stomach

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 1, 1; 0.60 (0.49)

 Belching

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 1, 1; 0.57 (0.50)

 Diarrhea

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 1, 1; 0.51 (0.50)

 Frequency of above symptoms

0 (never) to 5 (daily)

0, 1, 5; 1.63 (1.62)

 Symptoms with each meal

0 (no) and 1 (yes)

0, 0, 1; 0.14 (0.35)

  1. Abbreviations: max maximum, min minimum, NA unsure
  2. aPilot items from CONDUIT Report Card; ©2018 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; all rights reserved
  3. bThis item stem had no variability in answers; all respondents answered “no.”