Table 4.

Symptom intensity and symptom development during hospitalization. Unique patients with complete data

Symptom	Sample	Mean NRS a score			SD b	p-value c
		Admission	Discharge	Difference d
Average pain	178	3.84	2.75	1.08	2.44	< 0.01
Tiredness	178	5.60	4.34	1.26	2.27	< 0.01
Drowsiness	176	5.18	4.11	1.07	2.50	< 0.01
Nausea	180	2.15	1.34	0.81	2.16	< 0.01
Appetite	171	4.50	3.50	1.00	2.73	< 0.01
Shortness of breath	174	3.26	2.37	0.89	2.15	< 0.01
Depression	175	3.48	2.89	0.59	2.28	< 0.01
Anxiety	176	2.95	2.25	0.70	2.18	< 0.01
Well-being	162	4.51	3.44	1.07	2.57	< 0.01
Constipation	167	3.10	1.91	1.19	3.08	< 0.01
Sleep	176	4.03	3.22	0.82	3.10	< 0.01
Worst pain	161	5.20	3.66	1.55	2.84	< 0.01

^aNRS numeric rating scale

^bSD standard deviation

^cAnalyzed by the paired sample t-test

^dAn absolute NRS reduction ≥ 1 was considered a clinically important difference