Total sample (N = 200) | Cancer patients (N = 100) | Non-cancer patients (N = 100) | t | df | p-value | |
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Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
All symptomsa | 17.28 (5.05) | 16.32 (4.80) | 18.23 (5.13) | 2.72 | 198 | 0.007 |
Physical symptomsa | 9.14 (3.22) | 8.58 (3.05) | 9.70 (3.30) | 2.49 | 198 | 0.013 |
Psychological symptomsa | 3.70 (2.48) | 3.73 (2.47) | 3.66 (2.44) | −0.20 | 198 | 0.840 |
Functional dependenceb | 169 (84.5) | 79 (79.0) | 90 (90.0) | 4.62 | 1 | 0.032 |