{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(4)"],"submitter":["Anker MS"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Maintaining the ability to perform self-care is a critical goal in patients with cancer. We assessed whether the patient-reported ability to walk 4 m and wash oneself predict survival in patients with pre-terminal cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a prospective observational study on 169 consecutive hospitalized patients with cancer (52% female, 64 ± 12 years) and an estimated 1-12 months prognosis at an academic, inpatient palliative care unit. Patients answered functional questions for 'today', 'last week', and 'last month', performed patient-reported outcomes (PROs), and physical function assessments.<h4>Results</h4>Ninety-two (54%) patients reported the ability to independently walk 4 m and 100 (59%) to wash 'today'. The median number of days patients reported the "],"journal":["Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle"],"pagination":["1670-1681"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10401535"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Patient-reported ability to walk 4 m and to wash: New clinical endpoints and predictors of survival in patients with pre-terminal cancer."],"pmcid":["PMC10401535"],"pubmed_authors":["Landmesser U","Porthun J","Schmitz S","Riess H","Anker MS","Sikorski P","Bullinger L","Hadzibegovic S","Rassaf T","Anker SD","Wilkenshoff U","Frohlich AK","Butler J","Lena A","Coats AJS","von Haehling S","Eucker J","Rose M","Keller U","Lehmann LH","Totzeck M","Ahn J","Roeland EJ","Friede T","Ramer LV"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Patient-reported ability to walk 4 m and to wash: New clinical endpoints and predictors of survival in patients with pre-terminal cancer.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Maintaining the ability to perform self-care is a critical goal in patients with cancer. We assessed whether the patient-reported ability to walk 4 m and wash oneself predict survival in patients with pre-terminal cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a prospective observational study on 169 consecutive hospitalized patients with cancer (52% female, 64 ± 12 years) and an estimated 1-12 months prognosis at an academic, inpatient palliative care unit. Patients answered functional questions for 'today', 'last week', and 'last month', performed patient-reported outcomes (PROs), and physical function assessments.<h4>Results</h4>Ninety-two (54%) patients reported the ability to independently walk 4 m and 100 (59%) to wash 'today'. The median number of days patients reported the ","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Aug","modification":"2025-04-27T00:06:32.15Z","creation":"2025-04-06T17:43:46.644Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10401535","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37222009"],"doi":["10.1002/jcsm.13247"]}}