Skip to main content
. 2021 Mar 15;2021(3):CD009231. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009231.pub3

3.6. Analysis.

Comparison 3: Participant health outcomes, including control of symptoms, Outcome 6: General practitioners' ratings of symptoms

General practitioners' ratings of symptoms
Study Outcomes Notes
Grande 1999 Pain, mean (standard deviation (SD))a
Intervention group: 2.03 (0.73), 130 participants; control group: 2.35 (0.95), 31 participants
Nausea/vomiting, mean (SD)a
Intervention group: 1.78 (0.82), 129 participants; control group: 2.00 (1.02), 30 participants
Constipation, mean (SD)a
Intervention group: 1.81 (0.78), 127 participants; control group: 1.97 (0.94), 29 participants
Diarrhoea, mean (SD)a
Intervention group: 1.17 (0.49), 127 participants; control group: 1.36 (0.73), 29 participants
Breathlessness, mean (SD)a
Intervention group: 1.82 (1.01), 129 participants; control group: 1.66 (0.93), 29 participants
Anxiety, mean (SD)
Intervention group: 2.10 (0.95), 127 participants; control group: 2.50 (0.97), 30 participants; P < 0.05
Depression, mean (SD)
Intervention group: 1.62 (0.76), 125 participants; control group: 2.19 (1.08), 27 participants; P < 0.01
Intention‐to‐treat analysis
4‐point scale completed by the general practitioner.
Lower score indicated less of a problem.
No difference detected for ratings reported by district nurses and informal caregivers.
Patients at home only.
aAuthors reported not statistically significant.