Table 3.
Variables | Feeding Tube Usage | All, N = 117 | |
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Feeding Tube Nonusers, N = 87 | Feeding Tube Users, N = 30 | ||
Symptom management (SM-EOLD) | 28.9 ± 9.4 | 28.1 ± 11.8 | 28.7 ± 10.0 |
psychological symptoms | 18.8 ± 7.5 | 17.5 ± 8.1 | 18.5 ± 7.6 |
physical symptoms | 8.6 ± 4.3 | 7.1 ± 3.6 | 8.2 ± 4.2 |
Care assessment in dying (CAD-EOLD) | 32.2 ± 7.1 | 28.9 ± 5.7 | 31.0 ± 6.8 |
Physical distress | 8.8 ± 2.6 | 7.42 ± 2.6 | 8.3 ± 2.6 |
Dying symptoms | 9.2 ± 2.3 | 9.25 ± 0.9 | 9.2 ± 1.9 |
Emotional symptoms | 10.0 ± 2.3 | 9.58 ± 2.7 | 9.9 ± 2.4 |
Well-beinga | 6.9 ± 2.3 | 5.20 ± 2.0 | 6.3 ± 2.3 |
Abbreviations: SM-EOLD, symptom management end-of-life in dementia; CAD-EOLD, care assessment in dying end-of-life in dementia.
a P < .05.