Translation and validation of M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Thyroid Cancer module in Chinese thyroid cancer patients: a cross-sectional and methodological study

Table 1 The convergent validity of the MDASI-THY score (n = 309)

EORTC QLQ-C30 subscales	Symptom severity items		Core symptoms		Thyroid cancer symptoms		Interference items		WAW		REM
EORTC QLQ-C30 subscales	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Global QoL	-0.550	< 0.001	-0.557	< 0.001	-0.496	< 0.001	-0.521	< 0.001	-0.512	< 0.001	-0.478	< 0.001
Physical functioning	-0.759	< 0.001	-0.751	< 0.001	-0.733	< 0.001	-0.654	< 0.001	-0.659	< 0.001	-0.584	< 0.001
Role functioning	-0.590	< 0.001	-0.586	< 0.001	-0.574	< 0.001	-0.600	< 0.001	-0.591	< 0.001	-0.559	< 0.001
Emotional functioning	-0.509	< 0.001	-0.517	< 0.001	-0.466	< 0.001	-0.555	< 0.001	-0.461	< 0.001	-0.581	< 0.001
Cognitive functioning	-0.709	< 0.001	-0.711	< 0.001	-0.669	< 0.001	-0.627	< 0.001	-0.601	< 0.001	-0.618	< 0.001
Social functioning	-0.644	< 0.001	-0.645	< 0.001	-0.631	< 0.001	-0.661	< 0.001	-0.635	< 0.001	-0.599	< 0.001
Fatigue	0.765	< 0.001	0.766	< 0.001	0.726	< 0.001	0.660	< 0.001	0.658	< 0.001	0.585	< 0.001
Nausea and vomiting	0.395	< 0.001	0.391	< 0.001	0.377	< 0.001	0.362	< 0.001	0.359	< 0.001	0.349	< 0.001
Pain	0.624	< 0.001	0.619	< 0.001	0.603	< 0.001	0.573	< 0.001	0.582	< 0.001	0.521	< 0.001
Dyspnea	0.526	< 0.001	0.519	< 0.001	0.501	< 0.001	0.478	< 0.001	0.488	< 0.001	0.458	< 0.001
Insomnia	0.636	< 0.001	0.637	< 0.001	0.591	< 0.001	0.577	< 0.001	0.535	< 0.001	0.530	< 0.001
Appetite loss	0.537	< 0.001	0.537	< 0.001	0.514	< 0.001	0.493	< 0.001	0.490	< 0.001	0.464	< 0.001
Constipation	0.413	< 0.001	0.409	< 0.001	0.407	< 0.001	0.380	< 0.001	0.369	< 0.001	0.360	< 0.001
Diarrhea	0.207	< 0.001	0.199	< 0.001	0.207	< 0.001	0.116	0.042	0.139	0.014	0.043	0.447
Financial difficulties	0.476	< 0.001	0.484	< 0.001	0.448	< 0.001	0.473	< 0.001	0.485	< 0.001	0.456	< 0.001

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