Table 2.
Proxy assessments of SPC teams (N = 142) and family caregivers (N = 60): POS items
| POS itema Over the last three days of the patient’s life: |
0 (% rated as least affected) |
1 (%) |
2 (%) |
3 (%) |
4 (% rated as most affected) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pain | SPC Team | 27.5 | 17.6 | 27.5 | 23.2 | 4.2 |
| Family caregivers | 21.1 | 15.8 | 26.3 | 35.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | Other symptoms | SPC Team | 9.9 | 24.1 | 27.0 | 32.6 | 6.4 |
| Family caregivers | 17.5 | 22.8 | 17.5 | 24.6 | 17.5 | ||
| 3 | Patient anxiety | SPC Team | 28.3 | 19.6 | 15.9 | 28.3 | 8.0 |
| Family caregivers | 21.1 | 29.8 | 21.1 | 17.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 4 | Family anxiety | SPC Team | 8.7 | 25.4 | 13.0 | 21.7 | 31.2 |
| Family caregivers | 3.4 | 11.9 | 5.1 | 28.8 | 50.8 | ||
| 5 | Information | SPC Team | 83.7 | 14.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| Family caregivers | 47.3 | 29.1 | 14.5 | 5.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 6 | Support | SPC Team | 52.6 | 15.6 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 11.9 |
| Family caregivers | 31.0 | 15.5 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 31.0 | ||
| 7 | Life worthwhile | SPC Team | 17.0 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 16.3 | 25.9 |
| Family caregivers | 29.3 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 8.6 | 34.5 | ||
| 8 | Self-worth | SPC Team | 18.3 | 31.3 | 13.7 | 17.6 | 19.1 |
| Family caregivers | 15.8 | 29.8 | 15.8 | 8.8 | 29.8 | ||
| 9 | Wasted time | SPC Team | 99.3 | n.a. | 0.7 | n.a. | 0.0 |
| Family caregivers | 87.3 | n.a. | 7.3 | n.a. | 5.5 | ||
| 10 | Personal affairs | SPC Team | 73.0 | n.a. | 19.0 | n.a. | 7.9 |
| Family caregivers | 66.1 | n.a. | 23.2 | n.a. | 10.7 | ||
a Questions 1 to 8: range 0 (no problems) to 4 (overwhelming problems), questions 9 and 10: scores of 0, 2, or 4 (higher scores indicate more problems)
Abbreviations: POS, Palliative Care Outcome Scale; SPC, specialist palliative care; n.a., not applicable