Table 1.
Demographic, clinical, and pain data characteristics of patients (n = 798).
| Characteristics | Patients (N%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 56.7 ± 11.84 | |
| 18–64 | 573 (71.8) | |
| ≧65 | 225 (28.2) | |
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| Gender | Male | 452 (56.6) |
| Female | 346 (43.4) | |
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| Education level | Primary | 268 (33.6) |
| Middle school | 425 (53.3) | |
| Graduate and above | 105 (13.2) | |
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| Having spouse | Yes | 763 (95.6) |
| No | 35 (4.4) | |
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| Present residence | City | 359 (45) |
| Rural | 439 (55) | |
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| BMI | 21.1 ± 3.86 | |
| Low weight | 211 (26.4) | |
| Normal | 407 (51.0) | |
| Overweight | 130 (16.3) | |
| Obesity | 50 (6.3) | |
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| PS score | 2 (1, 3) | |
| Good (0–2) | 557 (69.8) | |
| Poor (3–5) | 241 (30.2) | |
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| Metastasis | Yes | 445 (55.8) |
| No | 353 (44.2) | |
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| Metastasis site | Bone | 248 (31.1) |
| Lymph | 147 (18.42) | |
| Liver | 122 (15.29) | |
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| Metastasis number | 0 | 353 (44.20) |
| 1 | 201 (25.2) | |
| 2 | 150 (18.80) | |
| 3 | 94 (11.8) | |
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| Symptom numbers | 4 (2, 6) | |
| ≦4 | 484 (60.7) | |
| 5–9 | 284 (35.6) | |
| ≧10 | 30 (3.8) | |
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| Background pain score | 4 (3, 5) | |
| Mild (1–4) | 553 (69.3) | |
| Moderate (5–6) | 209 (26.2) | |
| Severe (7–10) | 36 (4.5) | |
| Pain score at discharge | 2 (2, 2) | |
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| Breakthrough pain | Yes | 428 (53.6) |
| No | 370 (46.4) | |
| BTP episodes | 4 (2, 7) | |
| BTP intensity | 6 (6, 7) | |
| Average length of stay | 9 (6.75, 15) | |
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| Distress score | 2 (2, 2) | |
| Severe distress (≦4) | 783 (98.1) | |
| Mild stress (>4) | 15 (1.9) | |
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| Barthel index | 65 (50, 80) | |
| Severely dependent (0–40) | 128 (16) | |
| Moderately dependent (41–60) | 263 (33) | |
| Slightly dependent (61–99) | 345 (43.2) | |
| Independent (100) | 62 (7.8) | |