Performance status score at diagnosis
Property Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Property |
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METEOR identifier: | 412353 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | A score given at the time of diagnosis outlining the extent to which a person’s disease affects their daily living abilities. This is based on assessment by a treating health professional. Performance status at diagnosis is an important prognostic indicator which is used to determine appropriate treatment, assess how the disease has progressed, and for the statistical analyses of outcome adjusted by performance status. |
Property group: | Assessment event |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
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Reference documents: | Oken MM et al. 1982. Toxicity and response criteria of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Am J Clin Oncol 5:649-655 National Cancer Control Initiative 2004. NCCI Clinical Cancer Core Data Set and Data Dictionary, Version 5. Melbourne: National Cancer Control Initiative |
Relational attributes | |
Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Person with cancer—performance status score at diagnosis Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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