Performance Status Assessment by Using ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) Score for Cancer Patients by Oncology Healthcare Professionals

Medical literature does not have clear consensus on inter-rater reliability of PS assessment by different oncology health care professionals (HCPs) although it plays an important role in treatment decision and prognosis for oncology patients. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) and Karnofsky p...

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Published in:Case reports in oncology 2019-09, Vol.12 (3), p.728-736
Main Authors: Azam, Faisal, Latif, Muhammad Farooq, Farooq, Ayesha, Tirmazy, Syed Hammad, AlShahrani, Saad, Bashir, Shahid, Bukhari, Nedal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Consultants
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
Health care
Karnofsky performance status (KPS)
Lung cancer
Melanoma
Metastasis
Nurses
Oncology
Palliative care
Patients
Performance status
Questionnaires
Variance analysis
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Summary:Medical literature does not have clear consensus on inter-rater reliability of PS assessment by different oncology health care professionals (HCPs) although it plays an important role in treatment decision and prognosis for oncology patients. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) and Karnofsky performance status (KPS) scores are commonly used for this purpose by oncology HCPs around the world. This study was conducted to find variability or similarities in assessment of PS among the different oncology HCPs. A survey based on four hypothetical clinical scenarios was devised and sent to 50 oncology HCPs to assess the PS using ECOG PS tool. No significant variations in PS assessment by oncology HCPs was noted in our study sample.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000503095