Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
QOL, Quality of Life, KPS, Karnofsky Performance Status, Cancer
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if patients are able to self-rate their physical abilities and how these ratings compare to the ratings of their health-care provider.
Detailed description
The Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) is a highly validated and essential measuring tool across the cancer population. The scale relates to purely physical ability and covers 11 stages, ranging from normal health to death, with each stage scored as a percentage. The score is determined by the health-care provider and is based on observation and narrative patient descriptions. The purpose of this study is to compare the scores rated by the health-care provider to the scores that patients assign to themselves.
Interventions
OTHERKarnofsky Performance Status Score
Karnofsky Performance Status scores will be independently completed by both the patient and their health-care provider at each routine clinic visit.
Sponsors
University of Florida
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with a diagnosis of brain or spinal tumor. * Receiving medical care under the supervision of the Principal Investigator. * Written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
None.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the correlation between self-rated and health-care-provider-rated Karnofsky Performance Status scores. | 2 Years |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed