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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 May 1;115(9):2004–2012. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24215

Table 4.

Median recalled symptom frequency score and distress score associated with different symptoms rated by those patients and family caregivers who reported symptom recall

Recalled Symptom Frequency Distress Score
Patient Family Caregiver P Value Patient Family Caregiver P Value
N Median (Q1-Q3) N Median (Q1-Q3) N Median (Q1-Q3) N Median (Q1-Q3)
Auditory hallucinations 18 2(1–2) 30 2(2–3) 0.14 17 3(2–3) 29 3(1–4) 0.38
Delusional thoughts 33 2(1–3) 46 2(1–3) 0.20 31 3(1–4) 45 3(2–4) 0.31
Time Orientation 57 3(2–4) 79 3(2–4) 0.87 56 3(1–3.5) 77 3(1–4) 0.69
Place orientation 52 2(1–4) 75 2(2–4) 0.74 52 3(1–4) 73 3(1–4) 0.19
Psycho-motor agitation 55 2(2–4) 82 3(2–4) 0.43 54 3(2–4) 80 4(3–4) 0.09
Tactile hallucinations 12 2(1–2.5) 25 2(1–3) 0.79 12 3.5(2–4) 23 3(1–4) 0.68
Visual hallucinations 50 2(1–3) 55 2(1–3) 0.93 49 2(1–3) 53 3(2–4) 0.001