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Table 3 Comparison of Patient Characteristics Between Outpatient Palliative Clinic Patients with and without follow-up

From: Factors associated with the severity and improvement of fatigue in patients with advanced cancer presenting to an outpatient palliative care clinic

 

Patients with follow-up (n = 1778)

Patients with no follow-up (n = 283)

p-value†

Characteristics

 

Number(%)

  

Age

Mean(SD)

58(13.4)

59(13.4)

0.50

Median

59

60

 

Gender

Male

918(52%)

130(46%)

0.10

Cancer type

Lung and Head&Neck

473(27%)

104(37%)

0.50

Gastrointestinal

301(17%)

46(16%)

 

Genitourinary

176(10%)

43(15%)

 

Sarcoma

68(4%)

11(4%)

 

Gynecologic

120(7%)

24(8%)

 

Breast

128(7%)

17(6%)

 

Others

426(24%)

38(14%)

 

ESAS items

Median(Qtl 25th-75th)

Median(Qtl 25th-75th)

 

Pain

5(3–8)

3(1–5)

<0.001

Fatigue

6(4–8)

3(0–3)

<0.001

Nausea

1(0–4)

3(0–3)

<0.001

Depression

3(0–5)

0(0–1)

<0.001

Anxiety

3(0–5)

0(0–3)

<0.001

Appetite

4(1–6)

2(0–4)

<0.001

Drowsiness

5(2–7)

0(0–3)

<0.001

Feeling of well-being

5(3–7)

2(0–4)

<0.001

Shortness of Breath

2(0–5)

0(0–3)

<0.001

Sleep disturbance

5(2–7)

2(0–4)

<0.001

ESAS-Symptom distress score

34(24–46)

28(17–40)

<0.001

  1. ESAS = Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale.
  2. † t-test for age and ESAS; Fisher exact test for other variables.
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