Performance status.Quality of life

Performance status

 * Overall condition of the patient - limits the indicated treatment and its results.
 * We evaluate the degree to which the patient is able to take care of himself, mobility, pain, etc.
 * We use two scales:
 * 1) PS according to WHO:
 * 2) *grade 0 - capable of normal physical activity without restriction;
 * 3) *grade 1 - unable to work hard, can do lighter work;
 * 4) *grade 2 - self-sufficient but unable to work, spends more than 50% of the day out of bed;
 * 5) *grade 3 - limited self-sufficient, spends more than 50% of the time on the bed;
 * 6) *grade 4 - completely self-sufficient, permanently bedridden.
 * 7) Karnofsky scale:
 * 8) *as a percentage of full (100%) performance;
 * 9) *100% normal activity, 0% death.

Quality of life

 * We should not only prolong the patient's life at all costs, life should also be quality.
 * This assessment should be made by the patient himself (using a questionnaire).
 * The abbreviation QoL - quality of life (physical condition, functional fitness, satisfaction with treatment) is used.
 * QoL assessment is important, especially in patients on palliative care.

Sourse

 * BENEŠ, Jiří. Study materials [online]. © 2012. [feeling. April 25, 2012]< http://jirben2.chytrak.cz/materialy/onko_JB.doc>