Table 3.

Percentage of considerable symptom-burdened patients^a at admission of palliative care unit, differentiated according to cancer or non-cancer and type of institution (n = 10,447)

Considerable symptom-burdened patientsb	Cancer n = 8600				Non-cancer n = 1847
	CCC-affiliated palliative care units	Other palliative care units	Effect size	Significance	CCC-affiliated palliative care units	Other palliative care units	Effect size	Significance
	%	%	Cramér’s V	p value	%	%	Cramér’s V	p value
Pain	49.8	62.4	0.12	< 0.05	29.6	45.8	0.17	< 0.05
Nausea	22.2	29.9	0.08	< 0.05	10.1	14.4	0.07	< 0.05
Vomiting	11.2	22.0	0.13	< 0.05	4.9	9.5	0.09	< 0.05
Dyspnea	32.3	39.1	0.07	< 0.05	33.8	47.7	0.14	< 0.05
Constipation	34.6	44.4	0.10	< 0.05	26.1	39.1	0.13	< 0.05
Weakness	89.8	89.8	0.00	0.984	93.2	92.9	0.01	0.831
Loss of appetite	71.6	73.0	0.01	0.210	71.4	72.9	0.02	0.529
Tiredness	65.2	73.0	0.08	< 0.05	66.1	74.7	0.09	< 0.05
Wound care problems	20.2	17.7	0.03	< 0.05	22.2	25.5	0.04	0.149
Need of assistance with activities of daily living	81.3	80.3	0.01	0.310	88.7	90.0	0.02	0.407
Feeling depressed	29.2	38.7	0.10	< 0.05	27.3	27.6	0.00	0.887
Anxiety	33.0	47.3	0.14	< 0.05	31.7	39.4	0.08	< 0.05
Tension	40.0	51.6	0.11	< 0.05	35.7	45.7	0.10	< 0.05
Restlessness	0.1	0	0.02	0.112	1.2	0.3	0.05	0.081
Disorientation/confusion	17.3	20.4	0.04	< 0.05	34.4	36.1	0.02	0.507
Problems with the organization of supply	73.1	68.4	0.05	< 0.05	73.8	63.3	0.11	< 0.05
Overburdening of family	75.8	75.2	0.01	0.610	74.6	68.6	0.07	< 0.05
Other problems	55.1	52.4	0.03	0.395	75.8	50.0	0.26	< 0.05

Bold implies a significant correlation, effect size Cramér’s V: 0 = negligible/0.10 = small/0.3 = medium/0.50 = large

^aSymptom burden/intensity “2 = moderate" to "3 = severe”