Question

What five things are measured on the scale?

3. Caregivers in many work settings use the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) to identify the dying person current level of functioning and needs, changes, and the need to adapt the care plan. What five things are measured on the scale?

Answer 1

Palliative Performance Scale(PPS) is used as the prognostic tool used in palliative care patients.PPS is a reliable and valid tool and correlates well with actual survival and median survival time for patients.It has been found useful for purposes of identifing and tracking potential care needs of palliative care patients,particularly as these needs change with disease progression

It has five functional dimensions.They are 1) Ambulation   2)Activity level and evidence of disease   3)Self-care     4)Oral intake    5)Level of consciousness Use of PPS ;

Begin at the left column and read downwards until the appropriate ambulation level is reached,then read across to the next column and downwards again until the activity/ evidence of disease is located.