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Table 6 Test retest reliability (5–16 days)

From: The Vanderbilt Head and Neck Symptom Survey Brazilian Portuguese version 2.0 (VHNSS 2.0): psychometric properties for patients with head and neck cancer who have undergone radiotherapy

VHNSS 2.0 domains

ICC (N = 47)

95 % CI

Nutrition

0.600

(0.377–0.755)

Swallowing solids

0.809

(0.681–0.889)

Swallowing liquid

0.709

(0.530–0.827)

Dry mouth

0.797

(0.663–0.881)

Mouth pain

0.604

(0.388–0.758)

Mucus

0.854

(0.753–0.916)

Voice

0.802

(0.671–0.884)

General pain

0.751

(0.592–0.853)

Taste/smell

0.600

(0.384–0.755)

Teeth

0.718

(0.468–0.861)

Trismus

0.747

(0.590–0.851)

Neck

0.478

(0.224–0.671)

Hearing

0.372

(0.096–0.594)

  1. 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient