Table 5

Comparison between relief of symptoms reported by healthcare professionals and by family membersᵃ

Family members N
Healthcare professionals nCompletelyPartly/not at allTotalKappa95% CIs
Relief of pain
 Completely2452935380.04−0.02 to 0.09
 Partly/not at all386199
 Total283354637
Relief of anxiety
 Completely1271753020.100.04 to 0.17
 Partly/not at all175673
 Total144231375
Relief of confusion
 Completely1038480.01−0.15 to 0.17
 Partly/not at all155974
 Total2597122
  • ᵃ Only including cases where both HCPs and FMs had reported that the patient had suffered from that corresponding symptom.