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Table 9 Sensitivity to change

From: Evaluation of the palliative symptom burden score (PSBS) in a specialised palliative care unit of a university medical centre - a longitudinal study

Scale

PSBS t1_3b

PSBS t7_3b

n

z

p

1. Psychosomatic symptom complex

6.81 (3.16)

6.94 (3.00)

513

-6.35

< .01

2. Gastrointestinal symptom complex

0.82 (1.30)

0.51 (0.96)

514

-5.47

< .01

3. Respiratory symptom complex

1.84 (1.58)

1.79 (1.45)

513

-2.41

< .01

4. Sweatinga

0.35 (0.76)

0.24 (0.60)

506

-0.34

.73

5. Paina

1.99 (0.95)

1.70 (0.80)

512

-2.85

< .01

6. Itchinga

0.21 (0.55)

0.27 (0.61)

513

-3.14

< .01

Sum score

12.21 (4.40)

11.70 (4.13)

514

-2.02

< .01

  1. aSingle item scales
  2. bMean (SD)