Table 2 Symptom experience at baseline (n = 48)
Prevalence | Ratinga | |||||
Not at all (0) | Slight (1) | Moderate (2) | Severe (3) | Overwhelming/ All the time (4) | ||
Physical symptoms | ||||||
• Pain | 52.1 | 25.0 | 22.9 | 25.0 | 18.8 | 8.3 |
• Shortness of breath | 25.0 | 41.7 | 33.3 | 14.6 | 6.3 | 4.2 |
• Weakness / Lack of energy | 70.8 | 8.3 | 20.8 | 39.6 | 31.3 | 0 |
• Nausea | 33.3 | 37.5 | 29.2 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 0 |
• Vomiting | 14.6 | 75.0 | 10.4 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 0 |
• Poor appetite | 45.8 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 25.0 | 18.8 | 2.1 |
• Constipation | 10.4 | 79.2 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 0 |
• Sore / dry mouth | 37.5 | 37.5 | 25.0 | 35.4 | 2.1 | 0 |
• Drowsiness | 27.1 | 47.9 | 25.0 | 18.8 | 8.3 | 0 |
• Poor mobility | 64.6 | 16.7 | 18.8 | 29.2 | 27.1 | 8.3 |
• Insomnia | 36.4 | 54.5 | 9.1 | 30.3 | 6.1 | 0 |
• Oedema | 12.1 | 72.7 | 15.2 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 3.0 |
• Dizziness | 6.0 | 75.8 | 18.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 |
Emotional symptoms | ||||||
• Patient anxiety | 79.2 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 37.5 | 31.3 | 10.4 |
• Family anxiety | 68.8 | 18.8 | 12.5 | 29.2 | 22.9 | 16.7 |
• Depression | 60.4 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 27.1 | 25.0 | 8.3 |
Prevalence | Always (0) | Most of the time (1) | Sometimes (2) | Occasionally (3) | Not at all (4) | |
• Feeling at peace | 79.1 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 8.3 |
Communication/ Practical issues | ||||||
• Sharing feelings | 72.9 | 4.2 | 22.9 | 25.0 | 39.6 | 8.3 |
• Information | 79.1 | 2.1 | 18.8 | 22.9 | 45.8 | 10.4 |
• Practical matters | 77.1 | 2.1 | 20.8 | 52.1 | 20.8 | 4.2 |