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Table 3 Changes in symptoms between Day 0 and Day 7 (n = 88)

From: To hydrate or not to hydrate? The effect of hydration on survival, symptoms and quality of dying among terminally ill cancer patients

Variable

Non-Hydration (n = 72)

 

With Hydration (n = 16)

  

Day 0

Day 7

p-value

Day 0

Day 7

p-value

Between-

groups p-value

Fatigue

2.35 ± 1.09

2.52 ± 1.20

0.113

2.60 ± 0.85

3.10 ± 0.96

0.119

0.068

Drowsiness

1.80 ± 1.26

2.12 ± 1.42

0.038

1.81 ± 1.42

2.97 ± 1.12

0.008

0.019

Dry mouth

1.37 ± 1.05

1.27 ± 1.04

0.548

2.00 ± 1.37

1.85 ± 1.38

0.717

0.062

Myoclonus

0.14 ± 0.39

0.21 ± 0.63

0.458

0.19 ± 0.40

0.06 ± 0.25

0.157

0.364

Delirium

0.47 ± 0.86

0.56 ± 0.89

0.182

0.63 ± 0.89

0.63 ± 0.96

0.861

0.690

Dyspnoea

0.63 ± 0.80

0.65 ± 0.83

0.748

0.50 ± 0.73

0.63 ± 0.81

0.414

0.905

Oedema

0.97 ± 0.98

0.97 ± 0.90

0.741

1.13 ± 1.26

1.06 ± 1.00

0.739

0.783

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables. The p-values were calculated using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for within-group analyses and Mann-Whitney U test for between-groups analyses
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