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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Dec 3;61(1):126–131. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12038

Table 3.

Severe Symptom Burden According to Diagnosis and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

Diagnosis and CCI	Participants with High Symptom Burden (>6 on ≥1 Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale Symptoms), %
Diagnosis
Cancer	61
Moderate to severe chronic kidney disease	42
Dementia	31
Peptic ulcer disease	58
Coronary artery disease	48
Cerebrovascular accident	48
Chronic lung disease	62
Diabetes mellitus	58
CCI >3	54

Patients may have had multiple diagnoses.