Table 4. Symptoms, quality of life and quality of death according to relatives (n = 175).

	Without PCT consultation N = 98 n (%)	With PCT consultation N = 77 n (%)	P-value
Moderate or severe symptoms in the last 3 days before death:
Pain	45 (62)	50 (74)	0.11‡
Fatigue	68 (85)	52 (85)	0.97‡
Dyspnea	46 (59)	36 (60)	0.90‡
Anxiety	28 (44)	22 (42)	0.87‡
Agitation	38 (50)	29 (44)	0.47‡
Moderate or severe symptoms in the last 24 hours before death:
Pain	36 (51)	37 (65)	0.11‡
Fatigue	56 (79)	43(85)	0.92‡
Dyspnea	48 (63)	36 (63)	1.00‡
Anxiety	29 (50)	27 (64)	0.16‡
Agitation	32 (46)	33 (57)	0.24‡
Quality of life and quality of death according to relatives
Quality of life (mean (sd))	3.72 (2.57)	3.26 (2.76)	0.28†
Quality of dying (mean (sd))	5.82 (2.73)	6.68 (2.64)	0.05†

† T-test

‡ Chi-square