Table 2.

Level of Symptom Distress Reported by Children and Caregiver at the Time of Consultation with Pediatric Palliative Care and Correlation between Child and Caregiver Rating

Symptom	Child, mean (±SD), n = 83	Caregiver, mean (±SD), n = 107	Correlation (rs)	p
Pain	2.54 ± 1.36	2.21 ± 1.49	0.83	<0.001
Lack of appetite	2.39 ± 1.33	2.36 ± 1.42	0.7	<0.001
Sleep disturbance	1.55 ± 1.40	1.60 ± 1.50	0.71	<0.001
Lack of energy	1.54 ± 1.34	1.67 ± 1.34	0.74	<0.001
Nausea	1.00 ± 1.28	0.85 ± 1.27	0.67	<0.001
Irritability	0.77 ± 1.14	0.99 ± 1.23	0.6	<0.001
Nervousness	0.78 ± 1.12	1.11 ± 1.27	0.6	<0.001
Constipation	0.69 ± 1.10	0.58 ± 1.07	0.79	<0.001
Dyspnea	0.57 ± 1.01	0.48 ± 1.05	0.78	<0.001
Sadness	0.58 ± 0.91	0.74 ± 1.16	0.65	<0.001
Diarrhea	0.35 ± 0.93	0.38 ± 1.01	0.79	<0.001

p < 0.05 indicates significant correlation between child and caregiver symptom rating.