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Table 5 Percentages exact and global agreements between PROM and ePROM (N = 24)

From: Reliability of the electronic patient reported outcome measures for assessing xerostomia, dysphagia and quality of life in Spanish patients with head and neck cancer: a randomised crossover design

Outcome measures

PEAa

PGAb

Xerostomia

The XI (11 items)

164/264 (62%)

244/264 (92%)

VAS (1 item)

13/24 (54%)

19/24 (79%)

RODI (9 items)

130/216 (60%)

192/216 (89%)

Dry mouth (1 item) (35)

17/24 (71%)

23/24 (96%)

Sticky saliva (1 item) (35)

16/24 (67%)

23/24 (96%)

Dry mouth and sticky saliva (2 items) (43)

31/48 (65%)

47/48 (98%)

Dysphagia

EAT-10 (10 items)

152/240 (63%)

214/240 (89%)

Swallowing problems (4 items) (35)

71/96 (74%)

96/96 (100%)

Swallowing (4 items) (43)

80/96 (83%)

96/96 (100%)

Quality of life

Global health (2 items)

32/48 (67%)

45/48 (94%)

  1. Number of total pairs = number of subjects × number of items – number of missing pairs
  2. Abbreviations: EAT-10 Eating Assessment Tool-10, ePROM electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures, PROM Patient Reported Outcome Measures, RODI Regional Oral Dryness Inventory, VAS Visual Analogue Scale for xerostomia, XI Xerostomia Inventory, 30 EORTC QLQ-C30, 35 EORTC QLQ-H&N35, 43 EORTC QLQ-H&N43
  3. aPEA: Percentage Exact Agreement (in %): number of same response pairs/number of total pairs
  4. bPGA: Percentage Global agreement (in %): number of within one-difference response pairs/number of total pairs
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