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Table 2.

Adjusted (Age, Gender, Marital Status, Education, Income) Measures According to Heart Failure and Advanced Cancer Populations

	Heart failure	Advanced cancer	P-value
	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	P-value
Number of physical symptoms*	9.1 ± 0.9	8.6 ± 1.4	0.79
Depression score^†	3.9 ± 0.5	3.2 ± 0.8	0.53
Spiritual well-being score^‡	35.9 ± 1.4	39.0 ± 2.3	0.31

SE: standard error

* Measured using the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale, short form (range, 0–28; higher number indicates more physical symptoms)

^† Measured using the Geriatric Depression Scale, short form (range, 0–15, higher score indicates a greater number of depressive symptoms)

^‡ Measured using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy—Spiritual Well-Being scale (scale range, 0–48; higher scores signifying greater spiritual well-being)