Establishing Cut-off Points for Defining Symptom Severity Using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised Japanese Version

¹Palliative Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

²Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan

³Department of Psychooncology, National Cancer Center East Hospital, Kashiwa, Japan

⁴Department of Palliative Care, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

⁵Department of Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

⁶Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care 2, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

⁷Department of Palliative Care, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan

⁸Department of Palliative Care, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

⁹Department of Palliative Care, Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital, Okayama, Japan

¹⁰Division of Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada