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. 2020 Dec 16;10(1):10–17. doi: 10.1080/21556660.2020.1851504

Table 2.

Performance status (PS) periods observed in the data.

  Colorectal cancer patients
Lung cancer patients
Gastric cancer patients
n = 783
n = 485
n = 43
N/mean %/SD/min, max N/mean %/SD/min, max N/mean %/SD/min, max
Total number of performance status (PS) periods during the follow-up period 1342     831     91    
Number of PS periods during follow-up (N, % of patients)                  
 1 593 75.7%   326 67.2%   30 69.8%  
 2 68 8.7%   84 17.3%   4 9.3%  
 3 52 6.6%   33 6.8%   3 7.0%  
 4 26 3.3%   19 3.9%   1 2.3%  
 5 8 1.0%   8 1.6%   1 2.3%  
 6 15 1.9%   6 1.2%   1 2.3%  
 7 5 0.6%   2 0.4%   1 2.3%  
 8 3 0.4%   2 0.4%   1 2.3%  
 9 2 0.3%   0 0.0%        
 10 2 0.3%   1 0.2%        
 11+ 9 1.1%   4 0.8%   1 2.3%  
Baseline PS period value (N, %)                  
 0 503 64.2%   215 44.3%   23 53.5%  
 1 226 28.9%   182 37.5%   15 34.9%  
 2 46 5.9%   73 15.1%   3 7.0%  
 3 6 0.8%   15 3.1%   2 4.7%  
 4 2 0.3%   0 0.0%   0 0.0%  
PS score in last observed PS period (N, %)                  
 0 486 62.1%   182 37.5%   21 48.8%  
 1 207 26.4%   182 37.5%   15 34.9%  
 2 58 7.4%   83 17.1%   4 9.3%  
 3 26 3.3%   36 7.4%   2 4.7%  
 4 6 0.8%   2 0.4%   1 2.3%  
PS periods by ECOG score                  
 Number of PS periods with PS = 0 (N,% of PS periods) 679 50.6%   286 34.4%   36 39.6%  
 Duration of period in days (mean, SD) 375.5 455.2   300.4 361.3   283.4 320.0  
 Median, Min, Max 209 1, 3395   169 1, 2029   171 1, 1242  
 Number of PS periods with PS = 1 (N,% of PS periods) 467 34.8%   321 38.6%   37 40.7%  
 Duration of period in days (mean, SD) 210.8 274.2   207.1 242.7   166.4 200.4  
 Median, Min, Max 119 1, 2079   114 1, 1652   90 1, 731  
 Number of PS periods with PS = 2 (N,% of PS periods) 151 11.3%   168 20.2%   14 15.4%  
 Duration of period in days (mean, SD) 175.8 271.7   156.4 242.3   90.5 141.8  
 Median, Min, Max 85 1, 1772   71 1, 1341   19 3, 486  
 Number of PS periods with PS = 3 (N,% of PS periods) 39 2.9%   54 6.5%   3 3.3%  
 Duration of period in days (mean, SD) 133.6 254.3   78.6 124.0   260.0 258.3  
 Median, Min, Max 27 1, 1066   31 1, 618   121 101, 558  
 Number of PS periods with PS = 4 (N,% of PS periods) 6 0.4%   2 0.2%   1 1.1%  
 Duration of period in days (mean, SD) 204.5 248.4   17.5 4.9   71.0  
 Median, Min, Max 97 1, 551   18 14, 21   71 71, 71