Table 1.
Patient characteristics (N=216)
| Characteristics | N (%)* |
|---|---|
| Age, average (range) | 54.9 (22 – 79) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 126 (58) |
| Male | 90 (42) |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 143 (66) |
| Black | 43 (20) |
| Hispanic | 28 (13) |
| Others | 2 (1) |
| Education | |
| High school or lower | 115 (53) |
| College | 72 (33) |
| Advanced | 29 (14) |
| Cancer | |
| Breast | 27 (13) |
| Gastrointestinal | 71 (33) |
| Genitourinary | 19 (9) |
| Gynecological | 23 (11) |
| Head and neck | 10 (5) |
| Hematological | 12 (6) |
| Others | 18 (8) |
| Respiratory | 36 (17) |
| Overall survival in days, median (95% confidence interval) | 109 (71–133) |
| Clinician prediction of survival (Raw-CPS) in days, median (interquartile range) | 90 (60–155) |
| Palliative prognostic score (PaP-total score) | |
| 0–5.5 points | 152 (70) |
| 5.6–11 points | 16 (8) |
| 11.1–17.5 points | 48 (22) |
| Clinician prediction of survival transformed into PaP score categories (PaP-CPS) | |
| >12 weeks (0 point) | 128 (59) |
| 11–12 weeks (2 points) | 3 (1) |
| 7–10 weeks (2.5 points) | 48 (22) |
| 5–6 weeks (4.5 points) | 11 (5) |
| 3–4 weeks (6 points) | 23 (11) |
| <=2 weeks (8.5 points) | 3 (1) |
| Dyspnea in PaP score categories | |
| Absent (0 point) | 125 (58) |
| Present (1 point) | 91 (42) |
| Anorexia in PaP score categories | |
| Absent (0 point) | 187 (87) |
| Present (1.5 points) | 29 (13) |
| Karnofsky performance status in PaP score categories | |
| ≥50% (0 point) | 182 (84) |
| ≤40% (2.5 points) | 34 (16) |
| Leukocytosis in PaP score categories | |
| ≤8500 cell/mm3 (0 point) | 130 (60) |
| 8501–11000 cell/mm3 (0.5 point) | 42 (20) |
| >11000 cell/mm3 (1.5 points) | 44 (20) |
| Lymphocytopenia in PaP score categories | |
| ≥20% (0 point) | 42 (20) |
| 12%-19.9% (1 point) | 46 (21) |
| 0–11.9% (2.5 points) | 128 (59) |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation
*
unless otherwise specified