Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the MD Anderson symptom inventory for measuring perioperative symptom burden in patients with gynecologic cancer

Table 4 Known-group validity of the MDASI-PeriOp-GYN-C

Variable	n	Mean	SD	t	P
Comparison by time
Symptom severity
Preoperative	324	20.92	13.12	− 63.65	< 0.001
Postoperative day 1	324	62.61	12.29
MDASI-core
Preoperative	324	15.99	9.53	− 52.20	< 0.001
Postoperative day 1	324	43.10	9.63
Periop-GYN
Preoperative	324	4.93	4.86	− 45.44	< 0.001
Postoperative day 1	324	19.52	5.04
Interference
Preoperative	324	1.17	2.26	− 163.52	< 0.001
Postoperative day 1	324	25.24	2.87
Comparison by surgery type (postoperative day 1)
Symptom severity
Open	232	66.36	10.71	− 9.94	< 0.001
MIS	92	53.17	10.89
MDASI-core
Open	232	45.84	8.81	− 9.11	< 0.001
MIS	92	36.18	8.83
Periop-GYN
Open	232	20.52	4.86	− 5.98	< 0.001
MIS	92	16.99	4.62
Interference
Open	232	25.87	2.71	− 6.61	< 0.001
MIS	92	23.67	2.64
Comparison by functional status (preoperative)
Symptom severity
0–1	301	61.93	12.34	− 5.88	< 0.001
2–3	23	71.52	7.04
MDASI-core
0–1	301	42.63	9.68	− 3.19	0.002
2–3	23	49.17	6.47
Periop-GYN
0–1	301	19.30	5.09	− 2.82	0.005
2–3	23	22.35	3.2
Interference
0–1	301	25.11	2.890	− 4.45	< 0.001
2–3	23	26.96	1.821

SD, standard deviation; MDASI-PeriOp-GYN-C, Chinese version of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for measuring perioperative symptom burden in patients with gynecologic cancer; MIS, minimally invasive surgery

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