Defecation disorders are crucial sequelae that impairs the quality of life of patients after conventional gastrectomy

Table 4 Correlation between each defecation disorder symptom and other postgastrectomy symptoms after total and distal gastrectomy

		TG (n = 393)			DG (n = 1384)
		r	P value	Ranking	r	P value	Ranking
Diarrhea SS	Esophageal reflux SS	0.273	< 0.001	6	0.260	< 0.001	5
	Abdominal pain SS	0.340	< 0.001	4	0.377	< 0.001	3
	Meal-related distress SS	0.305	< 0.001	5	0.358	< 0.001	4
	Indigestion SS	0.443	< 0.001	2	0.420	< 0.001	2
	Constipation SS	0.341	< 0.001	3	0.232	< 0.001	6
	Dumping SS	0.447	< 0.001	1	0.467	< 0.001	1
Constipation SS	Esophageal reflux SS	0.392	< 0.001	3	0.396	< 0.001	5
	Abdominal pain SS	0.436	< 0.001	1	0.444	< 0.001	3
	Meal-related distress SS	0.402	< 0.001	2	0.479	< 0.001	1
	Indigestion SS	0.365	< 0.001	4	0.469	< 0.001	2
	Diarrhea SS	0.341	< 0.001	6	0.232	< 0.001	6
	Dumping SS	0.350	< 0.001	5	0.415	< 0.001	4

Integrated subscales are italicized in the table. The interpretation of effect size, Pearson correlation coefficient (r): Small, ≥ 0.1; medium, ≥ 0.3; large, ≥ 0.5. SS: Subscale.