The impact of a web-based prognostic calculator on prognostic confidence in outpatient palliative care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Clinicians are often uncertain about their prognostic estimates, which may impede prognostic communication and clinical decision-making. We assessed the impact of a web-based prognostic calculator on physicians' prognostic confidence.

Methods

In this prospective study, palliative care physicians estimated the prognosis of patients with advanced cancer in an outpatient clinic using the temporal, surprise, and probabilistic approaches for 6 m, 3 m, 2 m, 1 m, 2 w, 1 w, and 3 d. They then reviewed information from www.predictsurvival.com , which calculated survival estimates from seven validated prognostic scores, including the Palliative Prognostic Score, Palliative Prognostic Index, and Palliative Performance Status, and again provided their prognostic estimates after

SUBMITTER: Hui D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11875840 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature