Table 2. Symptom control: comparison of bereaved relatives' views in the hospice as opposed to the hospitala.

	Hospice (1), (n=109)			Hospital+LCP (2), (n=78)			Hospital−LCP (3), (n=68)
	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI	P-valueb
In your opinion, during the last 2 days, did she/he appear to be in pain? (missing n=2, 0.8%)
Yes, all of the time	9	8.3	4.2–14.5	6	7.7	3.3–15.2	10	14.7	7.8–24.5	NS
Yes, some of the time	44	40.4	31.5–49.7	41	52.6	41.6–63.4	26	38.2	27.4–50.1
No, she/he did not appear to be in pain	54	49.5	40.3–58.8	31	39.7	29.4–50.8	32	41.7	35.5–58.8
In your view, did the doctors and nurses do enough to help relieve the pain? (missing n=5, 2.0%)
Yes, all of the time	78	72.2	62.6–79.4*	46	59.0	47.9–69.4**	23	33.8	23.4–45.6	<0.0001
Yes, some of the time	8	7.4	3.5–13.4*	13	16.7	9.7–26.1	18	26.5	17.1–37.8
No, not at all	0	0.0	0.0–2.3*	3	3.8	1.1–9.9	7	10.3	4.7–19.2
Not applicable, she/he was not in pain	21	19.4	12.7–27.4	14	17.9	10.7–27.6	19	27.9	18.4–39.4
In your opinion, during the last 2 days, did she/he appear restless? (missing n=5, 2.0%)
Yes, all of the time	8	7.3	3.5–13.4*	7	9.0	4.1–16.8	17	25.0	15.9–36.2	<0.0001
Yes, some of the time	52	47.7	38.5–57.0	35	44.9	34.2–55.9	38	55.9	44.0–67.2
No, she/he did not appear to be restless	46	42.2	33.2–51.6*	35	44.9	34.2–55.9**	12	17.6	10.0–28.0
In your view, should more have been done by the doctors and nurses to help relieve his/her restlessness? (missing n=14, 5.5%)
Yes	11	10.2	5.5–16.8*	15	19.5	11.7–29.0	27	39.7	28.7–51.6	<0.0001
No	50	46.3	36.7–55.2	30	39.0	28.2–49.5	26	38.2	27.4–50.1
Not applicable, she/he was not restless	42	38.9	29.8–47.9	29	37.7	27.1–48.2**	11	16.2	8.9–26.3
In your opinion, during the last 2 days, did she/he appear to have a ‘noisy rattle' to his/her breathing? (missing n=10, 3.9%)
Yes, all of the time	22	20.2	13.5–28.4*	10	12.8	6.8–21.6	2	2.9	0.6–9.1	NS
Yes, some of the time	41	37.6	28.9–46.9	30	38.5	28.2–49.5	33	48.5	36.9–60.3
No, she/he did not appear to have a ‘noisy rattle' to the breathing	43	39.4	30.7–48.8	35	44.8	34.2–55.9	29	42.6	31.4–54.5
Should more have been done to relieve the ‘noisy rattle'? (missing n=27, 10.6%)
Yes	18	16.5	10.5–24.3	12	15.4	8.7–24.6	11	16.2	8.9–26.3	NS
No	42	38.5	29.8–47.9	23	29.5	20.3–40.1	19	27.9	18.4–39.4
Not applicable, there was no ‘noisy rattle' to his/her breathing	39	35.8	27.3–45.1	35	44.9	34.2–55.9	29	42.6	31.4–54.5
In your opinion, during the last 2 days, did she/he appear breathlessness? (missing n=8, 3.1%)
Yes, all of the time	16	14.7	9.0–22.2	11	14.1	7.7–23.1	21	30.9	20.9–42.5	0.0006
Yes, some of the time	35	32.1	23.9–41.3	24	30.8	21.4–41.6	28	41.2	30.1–53.0
No, she/he did not appear breathless	54	49.5	40.3–58.8*	40	51.3	40.3–62.2**	18	26.5	17.1–37.8
In your view, should more have been done to help relieve the breathlessness? (missing n=27, 10.6%)
Yes	6	5.6	2.3–11.0*	11	14.1	7.7–23.1	16	23.5	14.7–34.6	<0.0001
No	35	32.4	23.9–41.3	20	25.6	17.0–36.1	28	41.2	30.1–53.0
Not applicable, she/he was not breathless	55	50.9	41.2–59.7	40	51.3	40.3–62.2**	17	25.0	15.9–36.2

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; LCP=Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient.

^aConfidence intervals with * indicate significant differences between columns 1 and 3; confidence intervals with ** indicate significant differences between columns 2 and 3; percentages do not always add up to 100% due to missing responses (total number of missing responses stated within table).

^bComparisons between groups were conducted using χ² testing and additional testing using the Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel test if question had ordinal response options. Bold values indicate the statistically significant results.