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Table 2 Estimated severity scores for the presence of a single Grade 3 or Grade 4 adverse event in the various organ system classes by nurses and physicians. These estimates were obtained from a mixed effects model with the elicited VAS values as the outcome and the organ system classes as the covariates. The range of the elicited VAS is from 0 to 10

From: A comparison of nurses’ and physicians’ perception of cancer treatment burden based on reported adverse events

 

Nurse

Physiciana

System Organ Class

Grade3

Grade4

Grade3

Grade4

Blood/Bone Marrow

4 .02*

5.27*

4.14

5.69*

Cardiovascular

4.99*

6.70*

5.02*

6.02*

Constitutional symptoms

4.46

5.94*

4.14

5.16*

Gastrointestinal

4.77*

6.82*

4.14

5.94*

Genitourinary/Renal

4.46

4.46

4.14

7.38*

Hemorrhage

5.07*

5.07*

4.14

4.14

Hepatic

3.62*

6.66*

3.24*

4.14

Infection

4.91*

4.91*

5.01*

5.01*

Metabolic

5.30*

5.30*

4.14

4.14

Musculoskeletal

4.46

4.46

4.14

4.14

Neurological

4.46

7.33*

4.14

6.77*

Pain

5.17*

5.17*

4.14

4.14

Pulmonary

5.12*

5.12*

4.87*

4.87*

  1. aPreviously published in Lee et al., 2018 [13]. * p < 0.05 in the mixed effects model
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