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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2016 Apr 15;24(9):3863–3871. doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3210-6

Table 2.

Symptom Distress Scale: Mean, Standard Deviations, and Item Frequencies

N=150 Response Item Frequencies
Mean SD 1 2 3 4 5

Nausea Frequency 2.07 1.08 52 59 24 7 8
Nausea Intensity 2.18 1.19 63 24 42 16 5
Appetite 2.83 1.27 30 34 27 48 11
Insomnia 2.80 1.38 39 28 33 30 20
Pain Frequency 3.90 1.12 4 18 25 48 55
Pain Intensity 3.18 1.12 12 28 50 41 19
Fatigue 3.64 1.19 5 25 38 33 49
Bowel 2.73 1.48 38 46 15 21 30
Concentration 2.27 1.22 52 45 19 29 5
Appearance 2.98 1.32 30 19 49 28 24
Breathing 2.11 1.08 47 65 18 14 6
Outlook 2.68 1.41 44 30 26 31 19
Cough 1.95 1.11 68 46 16 16 4
SDS Total 35.27 8.24