Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34159234›Full record

ArticleAsia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing

The Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of Palliative Performance Scale.

Gonca Oğuz, Gülçin Şenel, Nesteren Koçak, Şerife Karaca

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gonca OğuzDepartment of Anesthesiology, Palliative Care Unit,University of Health Sciences, Dr AY Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Gülçin ŞenelDepartment of Anesthesiology, Palliative Care Unit,University of Health Sciences, Dr AY Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Nesteren KoçakDepartment of Anesthesiology, Palliative Care Unit,University of Health Sciences, Dr AY Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Şerife KaracaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Palliative Care Unit,University of Health Sciences, Dr AY Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TRMinistry of Health · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe Palliative Performance Scale version 2 (PPSv2) is a useful tool designed to assess the performance status of palliative care patients. The aim of this study was to translate the PPSv2 into Turkish and to test the validity and reliability of Turkish PPSv2 (PPS-TR) in cancer patients receiving palliative care.

methodsThe translation of PPSv2 into Turkish was implemented using a forward-back forward procedure. The patients were allocated from inpatient palliative care unit, consultations from oncology services, palliative care polyclinic, and consultations from emergency unit. The inter-rater and intra-rater reliabilities were tested in a pilot study with 51 patients. The cross-sectional study consisted of 280 patients. The relationship between PPS-TR, Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz ADL), and Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) was also measured. Construct validity was assessed by observing the test capacity across patient groups based on the place of care.

resultsIntraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) at Time 1 and Time 2 were 0.982 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.972-0.989) and 0.991 (95% CI: 0.986-0.995). ICCs of intra-rater agreements were at least 0.956 (95% CI: 0.909-0.977) for three raters. KPS, Katz ADL, and PPS-TR scores of outpatients were significantly higher than those of inpatients and emergency. There was a perfect correlation between PPS-TR and KPS, while the correlation of PPS-TR with Katz ADL was almost perfect.

conclusionsThe PPS-TR is a reliable and valid tool for assessment of performance status of cancer patients receiving palliative care.

Indexed as

Cancerpalliative carePalliative Performance ScalereliabilityTurkishvalidity

Identifiers

PMID34159234
PMCPMC8186388
OpenAlexW3171029131

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-SA
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.