Knowledge and use of prognostic scales by oncologists and palliative care physicians in adult patients with advanced cancer: A national survey (ONCOPRONO study).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prognostic scales exist to estimate patient survival in advanced cancer. However, there are no studies evaluating their use and practice. The objective of this study was to evaluate in a nationwide study the proportion of oncologists and palliative care physicians who had knowledge of these scales.

Methods

A descriptive, national, cross-sectional study was conducted via an online questionnaire to oncologists and palliative care physicians across France.

Results

Palliative care physicians had better knowledge of the scales than oncologists (42.3% (n = 74) vs. 27.8% (n = 33), p = 0.015). The Palliative Performance Status (PPS) and Pronopall Scale were the best-known (51.4% (n = 55) and 65.4% (n = 70), respectively) and the most widely used (35% (n = 28) and 6

SUBMITTER: Dantigny R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817080 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature