Table 1.

Validated instruments used with PACE

Mini Mental State Examination (MMS)

Satariano’s Modified Index of Comorbidities

Activities of Daily Living (ADL)

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI)

Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group Performance Status (PS)

American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status (ASA)

Physiological and Operative Severity Score for EnUmeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM)

Portsmouth POSSUM Modification (P-POSSUM)

Abbreviations: PACE, Preoperative Assessment of Cancer in Elderly.