Meta-analysis of survival prediction with palliative performance scale.

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Michael Downing,Francis Lau,Mary Lesperance,Nicholas Karlson,Jack Shaw,Craig Kuziemsky,Steve Bernard,Laura Hanson,Lola Olajide,Barbara Head,Christine Ritchie,Joan Harrold,David Casarett,

This paper aims to reconcile the use of Palliative Performance Scale (PPSv2) for survival prediction in palliative care through an international collaborative study by five research groups. The study involves an individual patient data meta-analysis on 1,808 patients from four original datasets to reanalyze their survival patterns by age, gender, cancer status, and initial PPS score. Our findings reveal a strong association between PPS and survival across the four datasets. The Kaplan-Meier survival curves show each PPS level as distinct, with a strong ordering effect in which higher PPS levels are associated with increased length of survival. Using a stratified Cox proportional hazard model to adjust for study differences, we found females lived significantly longer than males, with a further decrease in hazard for females not diagnosed with cancer. Further work is needed to refine the reporting of survival times/probabilities and to improve prediction accuracy with the inclusion of other variables in the models.

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M Downing,F Lau,M Lesperance,N Karlson,J Shaw,C Kuziemsky,S Bernard,L Hanson,L Olajide,B Head,C Ritchie,J Harrold,D Casarett,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Journal of palliative care

VOLUME: 23

Page Numbers: 245-52; discussion 252-4

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ISSN: 0825-8597

DAY: 6

MONTH: 02

YEAR: 2007

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AFFILIATION: Division of Palliative Care, University of British Columbia.

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