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Performance status as an indicator for palliative care referral

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PONDER, Tonya

Palliative care can lead to improved quality of life and often extends life, particularly when it begins early in the cancer care continuum. Even with these positive outcomes, many clinicians do not use palliative care early or frequently enough. This is potentially because of the providers’ difficulty in determining when in the disease trajectory to refer their patients. This article highlights potential triggers for palliative care referral using existing evaluation tools, and identifies gaps in research using these tools. The Karnofsky Performance Status Scale and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Scale are potential tools that could assist in determining when to refer patients with cancer to palliative care.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.192-195

Voir la revue «Clinical journal of oncology nursing, 29»

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