Caregivers' ratings of symptoms
Study	Outcomes	Notes
Grande 1999	Pain, mean (standard deviation (SD))a Intervention group: 2.49 (0.92), 84 participants; control group: 3.12 (1.05), 17 participants; P < 0.05 Nausea/vomiting, mean (SD)a Intervention group: 1.91 (0.87), 87 participants; control group: 2.47 (1.07), 17 participants; P < 0.05 Constipation, mean (SD)a,b Intervention group: 2.32 (1.09), 82 participants; control group: 2.50 (0.97), 16 participants Diarrhoea, mean (SD)a,b Intervention group: 1.49 (0.88), 81 participants; control group: 1.60 (0.98), 15 participants Breathlessness, mean (SD)a,b Intervention group: 2.39 (1.17), 87 participants; control group: 2.21 (1.19), 14 participants Anxiety, mean (SD)a,b Intervention group: 2.45 (1.05), 80 participants; control group: 2.50 (1.10), 6 participants Depression, mean (SD)a,b Intervention group: 2.08 (0.97), 84 participants; control group: 1.93 (1.14), 144 participants Support with night nursing, mean (SD)b Intervention group: 1.42 (0.73), 108 participants; control group: 1.39 (0.72), 18 participants Help with patient care, mean (SD)b Intervention group: 1.41 (0.69), 106 participants; control group: 1.52 (0.75), 21 participants	4‐point scale completed by the caregiver. Informal carer ratings of needs for more support and patient's severity of symptoms during patient's final 2 weeks. Lower score indicates less of a problem. aPatients at home only. bAuthors reported not statistically significant