Skip to main content

Table 4 Total and by outcome category Degree of palliative functionality using the PPS scale

From: Physiotherapy applied to palliative care patients: a descriptive practice-based study

 

Total

(n = 63)

Death

(n = 22)

Clinical worsening

(n = 23)

Hospital discharge

(n = 18)

%

PRE-PT

POST-PT

PRE-PT

POST-PT

PRE-PT

POST-PT

PRE-PT

POST-PT

0

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

10

0 (0.0)

3 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

2 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

20

2 (3.2)

1 (1.6)

1 (4.5)

1 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.6)

0 (0.0)

30

3 (4.8)

1 (1.6)

1 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (4.3)

1 (4.3)

1 (5.6)

0 (0.0)

40

4 (6.3)

12 (19.0)

2 (9.1)

5 (22.7)

2 (8.7)

7 (30.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

50

43 (68.3)

21 (33.3)

14 (63.6)

10 (45.5)

17 (73.9)

9 (39.1)

12 (66.7)

2 (11.1)

60

9 (14.3)

17 (27.0)

3 (13.6)

1 (4.5)

3 (13.0)

5 (21.7)

3 (16.7)

11 (61.1)

70

2 (3.2)

3 (4.8)

1 (4.5)

1 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.6)

2 (11.1)

80

0 (0.0)

4 (6.3)

0 (0.0)

2 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (11.1)

90

0 (0.0)

1 (1.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.6)

100

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. PRE-PT: Prior to physiotherapy; POST-PT: End of physiotherapy. Data are shown as n (%). The percentage of 0% means that the patient is deceased and the score of 100% means that the patient is fully ambulatory and healthy.