Revisiting the Palliative Performance Scale: Change in scores during disease trajectory predicts survival

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-374

  Chan, Ee Yuee ^a   Wu, Huei Yaw ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Change scores; disease trajectory; Palliative Performance Scale; predictor; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876538149     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312451613     Document Type: Article

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