Table 4.

Percentage of considerable symptom-burdened patients^a with achieved symptom relief of palliative care units, 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	74.9	48.4	0.25	< 0.05	74.2	50.9	0.22	< 0.05
Nausea	79.3	50.9	0.26	< 0.05	77.8	50.5	0.27	< 0.05
Vomiting	79.7	41.6	0.31	< 0.05	80.6	40.3	0.37	< 0.05
Dyspnea	63.1	40.4	0.21	< 0.05	54.9	45.4	0.09	< 0.05
Constipation	49.9	36.2	0.13	< 0.05	52.3	40.7	0.11	< 0.05
Weakness	19.7	18.8	0.01	0.347	13.9	17.5	0.05	0.053
Loss of appetite	28.9	25.5	0.04	< 0.05	23.0	23.8	0.01	0.764
Tiredness	25.8	22.7	0.03	< 0.05	20.6	23.1	0.03	0.348
Wound care problems	42.9	32.7	0.10	< 0.05	38.7	35.0	0.04	0.517
Need of assistance with activities of daily living	17.5	16.0	0.02	0.140	10.7	12.6	0.03	0.312
Feeling depressed	55.7	27.4	0.26	< 0.05	43.8	29.9	0.14	< 0.05
Anxiety	58.3	32.9	0.23	< 0.05	52.3	37.6	0.14	< 0.05
Tension	58.5	32.3	0.24	< 0.05	54.5	39.3	0.14	< 0.05
Restlessness	0	100	1.00	0.083	0	100	1.00	< 0.05
Disorientation/confusion	36.0	25.3	0.11	< 0.05	31.9	28.1	0.04	0.406
Problems with the organization of supply	51.1	35.4	0.15	< 0.05	43.0	39.5	0.04	0.303
Overburdening of family	40.3	30.9	0.09	< 0.05	32.1	35.6	0.04	0.276
Other problems	36.1	43.7	0.08	0.154	17.0	44.0	0.29	< 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”