Table 4 Proportion of different therapies prescribed by GPs among patients receiving general palliative outpatient care within 12 month after first palliative care notice by cancer type
Therapy | Digestive organs | Respiratory organs | Female breat | Prostate | Lymphoid and hematopoietic tissue | Chi 2 test (P value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opioids | 37.8 | 42.6 | 35.3 | 40.7 | 36.8 | < 0.001 |
Hypnotics/Sedatives | 16.2 | 18.9 | 14.3 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 0.005 |
Antipsychotics | 11.9 | 11.3 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 0.233 |
Propulsives | 18.4 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 10.0 | 11.8 | < 0.001 |
Systemic corticosteroids | 10.5 | 23.3 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 13.8 | < 0.001 |
Drugs for constipation | 24.0 | 26.7 | 23.7 | 25.5 | 20.1 | 0.001 |
Antiemetics and antinauseants | 11.4 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 6.3 | < 0.001 |
Antiepileptics | 8.2 | 14.5 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 8.8 | < 0.001 |
Antihypertensives | 47.5 | 46.4 | 49.2 | 50.9 | 44.2 | 0.025 |
Proton pump inhibitors | 38.5 | 37.6 | 36.3 | 31.8 | 32.2 | < 0.001 |
Antidepressants | 12.2 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 0.002 |
Thyroid preparations | 10.0 | 10.4 | 14.8 | 7.6 | 11.4 | < 0.001 |
Statins | 10.5 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 16.9 | 10.3 | < 0.001 |
NSAR | 48.7 | 50.7 | 49.1 | 51.0 | 42.2 | < 0.001 |