Study to evaluate the estimation of prognosis with the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS)
- Conditions
- Differentiation between oncological and non oncological diseases, in general the diseases are not curable
- Registration Number
- DRKS00032684
- Lead Sponsor
- Interdisziplinäre Abteilung für Palliativmedizin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 125
Inclusion Criteria
In-Patients treated in the interdisciplinary palliative care ward at Mainz University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Exclusion Criteria
< 18 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Survival time of patients treated as inpatients in the interdisciplinary palliative care ward at Mainz University Medical Center and who are assessed upon admission using the established prognosis assessment tool Palliative Performance Scale” (PPS), with a respective PPS value.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method As secondary outcome we will investigate how often certain defined demographic and patient care associated characteristics occur at the different PPS levels.