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Table 4 Mean differences in DAS-59 survey responses

From: Submental liposuction for the management of lymphedema following head and neck cancer treatment: a randomized controlled trial

DAS-59 Subsection

Intervention mean

95% CI

Control mean

95% CI

P-value&

Number of individual questions which reached statistical significance (p ≤ 0.05)

General self-consciousness appearance

−20.40

−30.83— -9.97

2.80

−5.86—11.46

0.001

11

Social self-consciousness of appearance

−9.30

−18.09— -0.51

3.40

−3.28—10.08

0.011

2

Sexual and bodily self-consciousness of appearance

−6.40

−9.38— -3.42

−0.40

− 4.86—4.06

0.011

3

Negative self-concept

−3.00

−5.00— -1.00

2.50

−0.72—5.72

0.007

4

Facial self-consciousness of appearance

−0.80

−2.58— 0.98

1.20

−0.34—2.74

0.043

1

Summation of all DAS-59 questions

− 41.00

− 62.92— -19.08

10.20

−8.28—28.68

0.001

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  1. &Individual response differences were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U tests: Significant P values (.05 significance)