Patients with advanced cancer face difficult decisions regarding their treatment, and many
will need to make difficult choices about end‐of‐life care because although cancer‐directed …

The purpose of this cross-sectional, correlational study was to describe the quality of life
(QOL) in persons with end stage renal disease and explore factors that may affect QOL …

This study examines the use of the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) in end-of-life
prognostication within a regional palliative care program in a Canadian province. The …

Palliative care is the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care provided to patients
from diagnosis to death or resolution of a life-threatening illness. Hospice care is a …

Although there is a growing body of knowledge on survival prediction in populations with
advanced cancer receiving palliative care using the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS), this …

Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) scores have shown potential for prognosticating survival
in Caucasian samples, but have not been studied for prognostic value in cancer patients …

Abstract Introduction The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) was developed by the Victoria
Hospice Society in 1996 to modernize the Karnofsky Performance Scale. Currently, it is …

Background: Standard measures of dyspnea rely on the patient's self-report. Declining
consciousness and/or cognitive function and nearness to death may interfere with dyspnea …

The assessment of patient status in palliative medicine is essential for determining
treatments and for clinical outcomes. The objective of assessment tools is to raise the quality …

This study reports the development of a simple Chinese Prognostic Scale (ChPS) for
predicting survival in advanced cancer patients. Data relating to 1,019 advanced cancer …