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Palliative Performance Scale

The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) is an 11-point clinician-rated functional assessment tool for patients with advanced, life-limiting illness. Developed by Anderson and colleagues in 1996, it measures overall performance status from 100% (normal) to 0% (death), integrating five domains of functional decline. The PPS is widely used in palliative care, hospice, and oncology settings to guide treatment intensity, prognostication, and care planning.

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Palliative Performance Scale (PPS)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / palliative-care
  • Anderson, F., Downing, G. M., Hill, J., Casorso, L., & Lerch, N. (1996). Palliative Performance Scale: A new tool. J Palliat Care, 12(1), 5–11. · DOI 10.1177/082585979601200102
  • Glare, P. A., Semple, D., & Staquet, M. J. (2011). Palliative Performance Scale. In A. G. Liptak (Ed.), Palliative care: Core skills and clinical competencies (2nd ed., pp. 421–428). Saunders. · URL
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Same method familyComfort Care Checklistmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyFACIT-Palliative Subscalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyMcGill Quality of Life Questionnairemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPatient Dignity Inventorymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySpiritual Well-Being Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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