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  ORAL 43 - Enhancing Physical Wellbeing in Lung Cancer (ID 168)

  • Event: WCLC 2015
  • Type: Oral Session
  • Track: Nursing and Allied Professionals
  • Presentations: 1
  • Moderators:G. Bates, M. Hesdorffer
  • Coordinates: 9/09/2015, 18:30 - 20:00, 102+104+106

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    ORAL43.07 - Performance Status (PS): Is There a Correlation Between Doctor and Patient? (ID 203)

    19:35 - 19:46  |  Author(s): S. Iyer
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    Background:
    PS is a very useful marker which is used to determine suitability for treatment on patients with lung cancer. Previous studies have shown good correlation between PS and survival. To assess the correlation between the Respiratory specialist (consultants and SpRs) and the patient’s own assessment.
    
    Methods:
    A random selection of patients attending our Rapid Access Lung Clinic were given, prior to the consultation with the doctor, the ECOG guidelines and were asked to score themselves.
    
    Results:
    50 patients were given the questionnaire but one preferred not to answer it. The results are reflected in the table below:

    Identical score	21 / 50 (42%)
    Patient score higher than doctor	14 / 50 (28%)
    Patient score lower than doctor	4 / 50 (8%)
    Not documented by doctor	11 / 50 (22%)

    from Rapid Access Lung clinic on the same day without a diagnosis of malignancy Out of the patients that scored themselves higher than the doctors, only 2/ 14 gave themselves All the patients that did not have a PS documented by the doctor were discharged a score two points higher.
    
    Conclusion:
    Although nearly half of the scores between patients and doctors were the same there is a significant number of patients that scores themselves higher than the medical professionals. This is likely to be a combination of the fact that the doctors could be overlooking some co-morbidities and that they are keen to give the patient the best opportunity for treatment.
    
    

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