Fig. 4

Symptom burden over time. The box plots show the distribution of symptom burden of patients who were first included and then discontinued from the LCP (n = 15). Patient were assessed at baseline (admission to the specialized palliative care unit) (t1), upon LCP inclusion (t2) and when discontinued from the LCP (t3). A, psychological burden (0–12); B, nausea and vomiting (0–8); C, dyspnoea (0–4); D, pain (0–10); E, total symptom burden (0–51). There was no significant change in the symptom burden subscores during LCP care (V = 0.56; F (8,7) = 1.11; p = 0.45). • = outliers; * = extreme values