There are two performance scales: the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)/WHO system and the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) scale. Each ranks your functioning and ability to care for yourself. Performance status is often mentioned in the setting of clinical trials, where researchers use t...
Palliative Performance Scale score of 50 or less based upon the following assessment of new or evolving inabilities: unable to do any physical activity, spend most or all of your time in a chair or bed, need significant or total help for most of your care, eat or drink less than usual,...
PDCA aims to plan an action, execute it, verify whether it meets the requirements, and adjust the process to ensure consistent, acceptable output performance. Here is a further explanation of what each stage means: Plan tage Initiating the optimization of a process or the improvement of a produ...
6 The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), developed by Kurtzke,7 is the most widely used method of scoring disability associated with MS. The limitations of this scale with respect to interrater and intrarater reliability as well as sensitivity have been recently reviewed by Noseworthy.6 ...
the evaluation of candidate performance during MMIs is not always based on a solid theoretical framework. The newly developed selection procedure “Interactional Competencies – Medical Doctors (IC-MD)” uses an MMI circuit with five simulation patient scenarios and is rated based on the theoretically...
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A tool to assess nutritional status in older persons was really needed. It took 5 years to design the MNA® (Mini Nutrition Assessment) tool, complete
The use of opioids at the end of life: knowledge level of pharmacists and cooperation with physicians PURPOSE: What is the level of knowledge of pharmacists concerning pain management and the use of opioids at the end of life, and how do they cooperate with... SD Borgsteede,CA Rhodius,PAG...
The oncology social worker is a core profession in the psychosocial care of cancer patients, and has been scrutinised according to its role, function, and ... Sara,Lilliehorn,Joakim,... - 《Social Work in Health Care》 被引量: 0发表: 2019年 Being a social worker: exploring and teaching...
The additional suggestion from this longer term data is the consideration of patients with upper lobe disease and high baseline exercise capacity as a palliative procedure. Significant improvements in quality of life as assessed by the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) were seen to 5 ...