The correlation among patients and health care professionals in assessing functional status using the karnofsky and eastern cooperative oncology group performance status scales.

This study evaluated the correlation between Karnofsky performance status (KPS) and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) scores assigned by doctors (MDs), nurses (RNs), radiation therapist (RTT), radiation therapy student (RTS), and patients (PTs) in assessing functional status of patients with cancer. Patients admitted to the general oncology and palliative care wards at our institution participated in the study. Data were gathered from survey forms completed by MDs, RNs, RTT, RTS, and PTs.