Table 2.
Dyspnoea*
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Morphine (n=38) | Placebo (n=38) | Mean improvement in dyspnoea scores on morphine compared with placebo | 95% Cl of the mean improvement | P value (paired t test) | |
Morning | 40.1 (24) | 47.7 (26) | 6.6 (15) | 1.6 to 11.6 | 0.011 |
Evening | 40.3 (23) | 49.9 (24) | 9.5 (19) | 3.0 to 16.1 | 0.006 |
Dyspnoea is measured on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS), with zero as “no breathlessness” and 100 as “worst possible breathlessness.”