Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of point-of-care outcome assessment tools in Chinese palliative care clinical practice

Table 6 The sensitivity of the Palliative Care Phase in predicting the levels of symptom severity

PCPSS Symptom severity level		Palliative Care Phase N (%)			P
PCPSS Symptom severity level		Stable	Unstable	Deteriorating	P
Pain (N = 354)	Absent/Mild	253 (71.5)	6 (1.7)	18 (5.1)	< 0.001
Pain (N = 354)	Moderate/Severe	49 (13.8)	11 (3.1)	17 (4.8)	< 0.001
Other symptoms (N = 353)	Absent/Mild	261 (73.9)	6 (1.7)	21 (5.9)	< 0.001
Other symptoms (N = 353)	Moderate/Severe	40 (11.3)	11 (3.1)	14 (4.0)	< 0.001
Psychological/spiritual problems (N = 353)	Absent/Mild	258 (73.1)	7 (2.0)	13 (3.7)	< 0.001
Psychological/spiritual problems (N = 353)	Moderate/Severe	43 (12.2)	10 (2.8)	22 (6.2)	< 0.001
Family/carer problems (N = 354)	Absent/Mild	284 (80.2)	9 (2.5)	21 (5.9)	< 0.001
Family/carer problems (N = 354)	Moderate/Severe	18 (5.1)	8 (2.3)	14 (4.0)	< 0.001

Note Terminal phase excluded due to only one patient assessed as being within the terminal phase

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