The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance
Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice
[ISRCTN81117481]
The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance
Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice
[ISRCTN81117481]
| dc.contributor.author | Woods, David A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abernethy, Amy Pickar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shelby-James, Tania Maree | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fazekas, Belinda Susan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Currow, David Christopher | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-27T06:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-07-27T06:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | en_US |
| dc.description | © 2005 Abernethy et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Background : The Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) is a gold standard scale. The Thorne-modified KPS (TKPS) focuses on community-based care and has been shown to be more relevant to palliative care settings than the original KPS. The Australia-modified KPS (AKPS) blends KPS and TKPS to accommodate any setting of care. Methods : Performance status was measured using all three scales for palliative care patients enrolled in a randomized controlled trial in South Australia. Care occurred in a range of settings. Survival was defined from enrollment to death. Results : Ratings were collected at 1600 timepoints for 306 participants. The median score on all scales was 60. KPS and AKPS agreed in 87% of ratings; 79% of disagreements occurred within 1 level on the 11-level scales. KPS and TKPS agreed in 76% of ratings; 85% of disagreements occurred within one level. AKPS and TKPS agreed in 85% of ratings; 87% of disagreements were within one level. Strongest agreement occurred at the highest levels (70–90), with greatest disagreement at lower levels (≤40). Kappa coefficients for agreement were KPS-TKPS 0.71, KPS-AKPS 0.84, and AKPS-TKPS 0.82 (all p < 0.001). Spearman correlations with survival were KPS 0.26, TKPS 0.27 and AKPS 0.26 (all p < 0.001). AKPS was most predictive of survival at the lower range of the scale. All had longitudinal test-retest validity. Face validity was greatest for the AKPS. Conclusion : The AKPS is a useful modification of the KPS that is more appropriate for clinical settings that include multiple venues of care such as palliative care. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Abernethy, A.P., Shelby-James, T.M., Fazekas, B.S., Woods, D., & Currow, D.C., 2005. The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]. BMC Palliative Care, 4(7), 1-12. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-4-7 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1472-684X | |
| dc.identifier.rmid | '2005101009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2328/11796 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | © 2005 Abernethy et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | en |
| dc.rights.holder | Abernethy et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | en |
| dc.rights.license | CC-BY | |
| dc.subject.forgroup | 1117 Public Health and Health Services | en |
| dc.title | The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481] | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup | Currow, David Christopher: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1988-1250 | en_US |
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