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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Behav Med. 2010 Aug;40(1):99–113. doi: 10.1007/s12160-010-9191-7

Table 2.

Number of patients who reported symptom over threshold, mean of severity, duration, interference at onset, total number of symptoms above threshold at onset, and response rate for each symptom

Symptom N of patient onset Severity onset, mean (SD) Duration onset, mean (SD) Interference onset, mean (SD) Number of symptoms over threshold at onset, mean (SD) Number of patients with no interventions delivered, N (%a) Number of contact over threshold, mean (SD) Response, N (%a)
Anxiety 120 5.4 (1.4) 4.3 (2.2) 14.6 (8.9) 5.0 (2.7) 21 (17.5) 2.1 (1.2) 95 (79.2)
Constipation 72 5.9 (1.9) 3.8 (1.9) 8.7 (9.0) 4.9 (2.5) 10 (13.9) 2.0 (1.2) 56 (77.8)
Cough 63 5.7 (1.7) 5.5 (1.9) 9.1 (8.6) 5.9 (2.6) 24 (38.1) 1.9 (1.4) 50 (79.4)
Depression 82 5.4 (1.5) 4.5 (2.0) 17.0 (9.1) 6.1 (2.5) 18 (22.0) 1.9 (1.2) 60 (73.17)
Diarrhea 53 6.1 (2.1) 3.1 (2.2) 12.3 (11.3) 5.3 (2.8) 13 (24.5) 1.7 (1.1) 45 (84.9)
Difficulty remembering 81 5.2 (1.4) 6.0 (1.5) 8.1 (8.1) 5.5 (2.6) 35 (43.2) 2.0 (1.2) 53 (65.4)
Dry mouth 82 6.4 (1.5) 6.0 (1.8) 4.5 (6.3) 5.0 (2.3) 18 (22.0) 2.2 (1.3) 68 (82.9)
Dyspnea 73 5.4 (1.5) 5.1 (2.1) 13.6 (10.0) 5.3 (2.9) 15 (20.6) 2.2 (1.3) 39 (53.4)
Fatigue 213 5.7 (1.7) 5.3 (2.0) 13.7 (9.6) 4.4 (2.5) 7 (3.3) 2.8 (1.6) 112 (52.6)
Insomnia 132 5.9 (1.6) 5.2 (2.1) 9.3 (8.6) 4.7 (2.7) 29 (22.0) 2.3 (1.4) 102 (77.3)
Nausea/vomiting 69 5.9 (1.9) 3.7 (2.3) 14.5 (10.8) 5.4 (2.6) 16 (23.2) 1.8 (1.2) 59 (85.5)
Pain 111 5.6 (1.8) 4.9 (2.0) 14.0 (11.2) 5.0 (2.5) 9 (8.1) 2.2 (1.4) 76 (68.5)
Peripheral neuropathy 77 5.6 (1.7) 5.9 (1.8) 7.0 (7.6) 4.8 (2.8) 15 (19.5) 3.0 (1.6) 40 (52.0)
Poor appetite 133 5.7 (1.8) 5.0 (2.1) 8.6 (8.4) 4.9 (2.6) 23 (17.3) 2.1 (1.2) 103 (77.4)
Weakness 129 5.5 (1.6) 5.8 (1.8) 11.7 (9.5) 5.1 (2.5) 40 (31.0) 2.3 (1.4) 93 (72.1)
a

Percentage based on number of patients with symptom severity over threshold at onset