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

Hu, Zi-yi; Gou, Ju-xiang; Cai, Ming; Zhang, Yue-er

doi:10.1186/s12885-022-09995-2

Table 4 Interitem correlation for the MDASI-THY symptoms (n = 309)

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

	pain	fatigue	nausea	disturbed sleep	distressed	Short breath	remember	appetite	frowsy	dry mouth	sad	vomiting	numberness	hoarseness	feeling hot	racing heartbeat	feeling cold	swallowing
fatigue	0.773^**
nausea	0.554^**	0.541^**
disturbed sleep	0.653^**	0.714^**	0.484^**
distressed	0.649^**	0.685^**	0.539^**	0.602^**
short breath	0.501^**	0.629^**	0.586^**	0.525^**	0.594^**
remembering	0.521^**	0.654^**	0.440^**	0.554^**	0.581^**	0.675^**
lack of appetite	0.707^**	0.712^**	0.628^**	0.608^**	0.661^**	0.644^**	0.596^**
feeling frowsy	0.707^**	0.746^**	0.584^**	0.623^**	0.645^**	0.579^**	0.584^**	0.689^**
dry mouth	0.743^**	0.739^**	0.539^**	0.589^**	0.592^**	0.551^**	0.593^**	0.677^**	0.713^**
sad	0.582^**	0.648^**	0.599^**	0.588^**	0.722^**	0.661^**	0.658^**	0.678^**	0.630^**	0.571^**
vomiting	0.499^**	0.487^**	0.716^**	0.441^**	0.498^**	0.549^**	0.413^**	0.599^**	0.531^**	0.431^**	0.603^**
numberness	0.646^**	0.641^**	0.455^**	0.568^**	0.658^**	0.526^**	0.568^**	0.620^**	0.632^**	0.621^**	0.624^**	0.491^**
hoarseness	0.712^**	0.716^**	0.511^**	0.560^**	0.662^**	0.606^**	0.562^**	0.626^**	0.663^**	0.695^**	0.571^**	0.469^**	0.678^**
feeling hot	0.528^**	0.653^**	0.485^**	0.558^**	0.533^**	0.583^**	0.615^**	0.599^**	0.548^**	0.589^**	0.622^**	0.519^**	0.540^**	0.592^**
racing heartbeat	0.546^**	0.638^**	0.559^**	0.526^**	0.583^**	0.732^**	0.646^**	0.611^**	0.601^**	0.594^**	0.682^**	0.547^**	0.608^**	0.566^**	0.681^**
feeling cold	0.557^**	0.609^**	0.527^**	0.530^**	0.583^**	0.565^**	0.541^**	0.607^**	0.591^**	0.520^**	0.689^**	0.535^**	0.503^**	0.459^**	0.575^**	0.650^**
swallowing	0.745^**	0.698^**	0.529^**	0.596^**	0.588^**	0.515^**	0.540^**	0.673^**	0.675^**	0.748^**	0.558^**	0.439^**	0.661^**	0.719^**	0.545^**	0.558^**	0.480^**
diarrhea	0.350^**	0.366^**	0.334^**	0.353^**	0.327^**	0.389^**	0.382^**	0.437^**	0.471^**	0.381^**	0.460^**	0.422^**	0.378^**	0.297^**	0.422^**	0.439^**	0.466^**	0.330^**

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, significant correlation (2-tailed)

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