Establishing Mild, Moderate, and Severe Scores for Cancer-Related Symptoms: How Consistent and Clinically Meaningful Are Interference-Based Severity Cut-Points?  Barbara Given, PhD, RN, FAAN, Charles W. Given, PhD, Alla Sikorskii, PhD, Sangchoon Jeon, MS, Ruth McCorkle, PhD, RN, FAAN, Victoria Champion, DNS, RN, FAAN, David Decker, MD  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 126-135 (February 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.03.012 Copyright © 2008 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Flowchart of patient accrual and retention for the trials. 1a indicates a patient who never received any intervention in the Automated Telephone Symptom Management (ATSM) group and had interview at baseline and 20 weeks. Analyzed: patients completed to report at least one of 16 symptoms at the initial contact. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2008 35, 126-135DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.03.012) Copyright © 2008 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Terms and Conditions