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Table 2 Overall symptom burden of 366 patients at discharge

From: Profiling symptom burden and its influencing factors at discharge for patients undergoing lung cancer surgery: a cross-sectional analysis

Items

Available cases

Prevalence (rated ≥ 1), n (%)

Moderate to severe (rated ≥ 4), n (%)

Interquartile range

P25

P50

P75

Coughing

365

337 (92.3)

133 (36.4)

1

3

4

Pain

365

331 (90.7)

103 (28.2)

1

2

4

Shortness of breath

365

297 (81.4)

94 (25.8)

1

2

4

Disturbed sleep

365

263 (72.1)

96 (26.3)

0

2

4

Fatigue

366

291 (79.5)

89 (24.3)

1

2

3

Dry mouth

366

273 (74.6)

70 (19.1)

0

1

3

Lack of appetite

365

253 (69.3)

64 (17.5)

0

1

3

Drowsiness

366

253 (69.1)

71 (19.4)

0

1

3

Constipation

366

226 (61.7)

75 (20.5)

0

1

3

Distress

365

219 (60)

72 (19.7)

0

1

3

Sore throat

366

216 (59.0)

61 (16.7)

0

1

2

Difficulty remembering

365

213 (58.4)

60 (16.4)

0

1

2

Sadness

366

188 (51.4)

57 (15.6)

0

1

2

Numbness or tingling

366

151 (41.3)

30 (8.2)

0

0

2

Nausea

362

132 (36.5)

20 (5.5)

0

0

1

Vomiting

364

96 (26.4)

14 (3.8)

0

0

1