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Table 4 Comparison between KPS, TKPS and AKPS scores by levels

From: The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]

 

N

%

Comparison between scores for KPS and TKPS

  

By score

  

TKPS > KPS by three levels

1

0.1%

TKPS > KPS by two levels

7

0.4%

TKPS > KPS by one levels

149

9.3%

Complete agreement

1216

76.0%

TKPS < KPS by one levels

179

11.2%

TKPS < KPS by two levels

48

3.0%

TKPS < KPS by three levels

0

0.0%

By Group (ABC)

  

TKPS >KPS by one group

96

6.0%

Complete agreement

1489

93.1%

TKPS <KPS by one group

15

0.9%

Comparison between scores for KPS and AKPS

  

By score

  

AKPS > KPS by three levels

1

0.1%

AKPS > KPS by two levels

1

0.1%

AKPS > KPS by one levels

44

2.8%

Complete agreement

1386

86.6%

AKPS < KPS by one levels

123

7.7%

AKPS < KPS by two levels

45

2.8%

AKPS < KPS by three levels

0

0.0%

By Group (ABC)

  

AKPS >KPS by one group

80

5.0%

Complete agreement

1507

94.2%

AKPS <KPS by one group

13

0.8%

Comparison between scores for TKPS and AKPS

  

By score

  

TKPS > AKPS by three levels

0

0.0%

TKPS > AKPS by two levels

8

0.5%

TKPS > AKPS by one levels

139

8.7%

Complete agreement

1359

84.9%

TKPS < AKPS by one levels

88

5.5%

TKPS < AKPS by two levels

6

0.4%

TKPS < AKPS by three levels

0

0.0%

By Group (ABC)

  

TKPS >AKPS by one group

15

0.9%

Complete agreement

1556

97.3%

TKPS <AKPS by one group

29

1.8%