Table 3 Comparative analysis of symptoms (n = 698)
From: Patients attended by palliative care teams: are they always comparable populations?
TOTAL | ARAGON | CATALONIA | p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 698) | (n = 392) | (n = 306) | ||
Anorexia (%) | 0.010 | |||
0 | 29.1 | 25.8 | 33.3 | |
1 | 33.0 | 35.2 | 30.1 | |
2 | 27.8 | 26.3 | 29.7 | |
3 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 6.9 | |
Asthenia (%) | 0.114 | |||
0 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.7 | |
1 | 31.3 | 29.5 | 33.7 | |
2 | 32.8 | 31.5 | 34.3 | |
3 | 19.4 | 22.6 | 15.4 | |
Dry mouth (%) | 0.246 | |||
0 | 41.4 | 41.2 | 41.6 | |
1 | 34.6 | 32.2 | 37.7 | |
2 | 17.5 | 19.7 | 14.8 | |
3 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 5.9 | |
Oedemas (%) | 0.366 | |||
0 | 66.8 | 64.3 | 69.9 | |
1 | 21.1 | 23.0 | 18.6 | |
2 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.5 | |
3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 | |
Consciousness (%) | 0.886 | |||
0 | 88.7 | 89.0 | 88.2 | |
1 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 7.5 | |
2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | |
3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |
Dyspnoea (%) | 0.106 | |||
0 | 59.3 | 63.3 | 54.2 | |
1 | 18.3 | 16.3 | 20.9 | |
2 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 15.4 | |
3 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.5 | |
4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
Dysphagia (%) | 0.788 | |||
0 | 76.3 | 76.7 | 75.7 | |
1 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 14.8 | |
2 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.6 | |
3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | |
4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | |
Cachexia (%) | 0.268 | |||
0 | 52.9 | 56.1 | 48.9 | |
1 | 28.4 | 26.0 | 31.5 | |
2 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.8 | |
3 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.9 | |
Pressure sores (%) | 0.117 | |||
0 | 90.7 | 88.9 | 93.0 | |
1 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 4.7 | |
2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | |
3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
Delirium (%) | 4.6 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 0.142 |