Use of the Palliative Performance Scale in survival prediction for terminally ill patients in Western Newfoundland, Canada

J Palliat Care. 2008 Winter;24(4):282-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karnofsky Performance Status / standards*
  • Life Tables
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / mortality
  • Newfoundland and Labrador / epidemiology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Survival Rate
  • Terminally Ill / statistics & numerical data*