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Table 2 Top 5 most severe MDASI core symptoms

From: Unmet supportive care needs in patients with advanced cancer and its impact on distress

 

MDASI Core Item

Mean Scorea

1

Your fatigue at its worst

4.8

2

Your pain at its worst

4.1

3

Your disturbed sleep at its worst

3.9

4

Your problem with lack of appetite at its worst

3.8

5

Your feeling of being distressed at its worst

3.7

  1. aPatients reported symptom severity on a scale from 0 (“not present”) to 10 (“as bad as you can imagine”)