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. 2014 Jun 24;30(2):165–172. doi: 10.1177/1533317514539726

Table 3.

End-of-Life Care Among Feeding Tube Users and Nonusers.

Variables Feeding Tube Usage All, N = 117
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.