96 Appendix 5a. Spearman correlation coefficients of the WST versus the SWAL-QOL for the number of swallows *: p<0.05, M0: before treatment, M3: 3 months after treatment, M6: 6 months after treatment Appendix 5b. Spearman correlation coefficients of the WST versus the SWAL-QOL for the swallowing duration *: p<0.05, M0: before treatment, M3: 3 months after treatment, M6: 6 months after treatment WST Number of swallows SWAL-QOL M0 (n = 101) M3 (n = 92) M6 (n = 92) Spearman’s ρ p-value Spearman’s ρ p-value Spearman’s ρ p-value General burden 0.175 0.084 0.156 0.135 0.083 0.430 Food selection 0.106 0.292 0.226 0.029* 0.244 0.020* Eating duration 0.172 0.087 0.204 0.051 0.336 0.001* Eating desire 0.024 0.814 0.140 0.183 0.282 0.006* Fear of eating 0.222 0.026* 0.217 0.038* 0.281 0.007* Mental health 0.123 0.226 0.196 0.061 0.242 0.021* Social functioning 0.159 0.118 0.214 0.041* 0.231 0.027* Symptoms 0.248 0.013* 0.172 0.101 0.142 0.179 Total score 0.201 0.046* 0.238 0.023* 0.335 0.001* WST Duration SWAL-QOL M0 (n = 101) M3 (n = 92) M6 (n = 92) Spearman’s ρ p-value Spearman’s ρ p-value Spearman’s ρ p-value General burden 0.026 0.806 0.205 0.049* 0.162 0.123 Food selection 0.110 0.299 0.332 0.001* 0.265 0.011* Eating duration 0.222 0.034* 0.315 0.002* 0.364 <0.001* Eating desire 0.171 0.104 0.322 0.002* 0.338 0.001* Fear of eating 0.210 0.044* 0.316 0.002* 0.399 <0.001* Mental health 0.143 0.175 0.211 0.044* 0.296 0.004* Social functioning 0.106 0.314 0.280 0.007* 0.254 0.014* Symptoms 0.138 0.193 0.268 0.010* 0.255 0.015* Total score 0.194 0.064 0.353 0.001* 0.398 <0.001*
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