Table 3.
Test re-test: agreement of the POS scores self-assessed by the patients at T1 and 24–48 h later (T2)a
| Patients T1 | Patients T2 | Agreement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Agreement (%) | Agreement within one score (%) | Weighted kappa (95 % CI) | Spearman correlation | ||
| Pain | 1.5 (1.1) | 1.4 (0.9) | 51.5 | 90.9 | 0.46 | (0.27–0.65) | 0.66 |
| Other symptoms | 1.4 (1.1) | 1.5 (1.1) | 24.2 | 75.8 | 0.12 | (0.00–0.35) | 0.20 |
| Anxiety | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.5 (1.1) | 48.5 | 87.9 | 0.50 | (0.30–0.69) | 0.68 |
| Family anxiety | 2.9 (1.3) | 2.4 (1.3) | 48.5 | 81.8 | 0.44 | (0.20–0.68) | 0.59 |
| Information | 0.6 (1.1) | 0.6 (1.1) | 78.1 | 84.8 | 0.53 | (0.29–0.77) | 0.79 |
| Share feelings | 1.0 (1.1) | 0.9 (1.0) | 36.4 | 72.7 | 0.04 | (0.00–0.29) | 0.03 |
| Depression | 1.9 (1.5) | 1.4 (1.3) | 48.5 | 75.8 | 0.47 | (0.26–0.68) | 0.59 |
| Feeling at peace | 1.2 (1.0) | 1.1 (1.1) | 57.6 | 90.9 | 0.55 | (0.36–0.74) | 0.68 |
| Wasted time | 0.3 (1.0) | 0.2 (0.8) | 84.8 | 84.8 | 0.16 | (0.00–0.50) | 0.27 |
| Personal affairs | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.5 (1.2) | 72.7 | 72.7 | 0.12 | (0.00–0.42) | 0.17 |
| POS total score | 12.7 (6.2) | 11.7 (6.0) | - | - | 0.72b | (0.50–0.85) | 0.72 |
POS palliative care outcome scale
abased on a sample of 33 inpatient hospices patients
bone-way Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC)