Table 2.

Mental Screening and Palliative Care Needs

Types of questions	CIPO patients (n = 74)
PHQ-2 ≥ 3	28 (38)
Symptoms are painful	28 (100)
Anxiety that does not heal	16 (57)
Poor understanding of others	15 (54)
Suicide attempt	18 (24)
Symptoms are painful	18 (100)
Anxiety that does not heal	14 (78)
Poor understanding of others	14 (78)
Hope for palliative care intervention	51 (69)
Symptoms are painful	35 (69)
Poor understanding from others	31 (61)
“I do not know how to live”	22 (43)
“I am worried about the future”	21 (41)

CIPO, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction; PHQ-2, Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression Screening.

Data are shown as n (%).