. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Feb 27.

Published in final edited form as: Oncol Nurs Forum. 2005 Nov 3;32(6):1190–1198. doi: 10.1188/05.ONF.1190-1198

Table 4.

Frequency and Average Severity of Patient Symptoms at Baseline

Symptom	n^a	%	X̅ Severity	SD
Fatigue	109	88	5.7	2.3
Insomnia	91	73	5.6	2.3
Weakness	87	70	5.6	2.4
Pain	82	66	5.0	2.6
Constipation	60	48	5.4	2.7
Anorexia	58	47	5.7	2.6
Dry mouth	57	46	5.7	2.3
Nausea	56	45	5.4	2.6
Dyspnea	53	43	4.4	2.3
Vomiting	26	21	7.5	2.6
Mouth sores	25	20	3.5	2.5
Fever	14	11	4.9	2.7

N = 124

Patients were considered to have a symptom if they reported experiencing the symptom at least once during the week before the interview and rated its severity higher than 1 on a scale of 0-10.