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Table 6
Comparisons of tonsil and adenoids health status instrument (TAHSI) among cases before and after the
intervention-tested by Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test
Subscales EP-TAHSI Pre-operative Post-operative Z-score p-value
Airway and breathing
Range 0-4 0-1 7.323 0,001
Average ± SD 2.250 ±1.001 0.245 ±0.221
Infection
Range 0-4 0-1 7.328 0,001
Average ± SD 1.778 ±1.261 0.007 ±0.047
Healthcare utilization
Range 0-4 0-1 7.934 0,001
Average ± SD 1.544 ±1.168 0.059 ±0.204
Eating and swallowing
Range 0-4 0-1 4.538 0,001
Average ± SD 1.353 ±1.254 0.226 ±0.336
Cost of care
Range 0-4 0-0 6.616 0,001
Average ± SD 1.412 ±1.221 0.000 ±0.000
Behavior
Range 0-4 0-2 2.361 0,001
Average ± SD 1.000 ±1.442 0.177 ± 0.478
Total score
Range 4-58 0-5 8.395 0,001
Average ± SD 26.628 ±12.956 1.863 ±1.429

EP – European Portuguese; SD (Standard Deviation); P (p value); Z (Standard Score). (* significant at p value ≤ 0.05).
Table 7
Rotated factor matrix

Factor
1 2 3 4
Q9 - 1 .873 .261 .291 .110
Q8 - 1 .847 .379 .222 .071

Q3 - 1 .839 .332 .204 .170
Q2 - 1 .768 .324 .119 .112
Q6 - 1 .764 .170 .366 .197
Q4 - 1 .711 .332 .238 .404
Q5 - 1 .669 .307 .203 .631
Q10 - 1 .624 .481 .296 -.005
Q7 - 1 .235 .845 .199 .152
Q1 - 1 .222 .774 .082 .079
Q11 - 1 .285 .731 .233 .005
Q13 - 1 .271 .543 .286 .117
Q15 - 1 .190 .291 .062 .169
Q12 - 1 .295 .235 .923 .071
Q14 - 1 .298 .305 .473 .114

Extraction Method: Maximum Likelihood. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization a. Rotation converged in 7 iterations.

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