Advance Track

Digital Validation of Performance Status Measurement & Quality of Life in Oncology

Patient Performance Status (PS) is one of the key outcomes considered in cancer care. PS is a score that estimates a patient’s ability to perform activities of daily living (such as eating, sleeping, working, doing housework, etc.). PS plays an important role both in estimating prognosis and selecting the appropriate treatment for patients. Although many scales for PS are available, all of them depend on subjective interpretations by patients, caregivers, and doctors.

Another important outcome is a patient’s Quality of Life (QoL), which is measured using questionnaires and interviews covering several categories including: general, physical, and psychological well-being, familial relationship, sexual and personal ability, optimism and belief and economic well-being.

We are looking for digital solutions that can calculate PS, or other outcomes such as QoL and support to reduce the usage of current standard processes (paperwork/questionnaires). These solutions should be able to support validated measures of parameters like daily activity (steps, exercise, duration and intensity), breathing pattern, body temperature, heart rate, and other parameters that would be relevant for cancer patients.