II. Definition
- Calculation to predict four year mortality in older adults
III. Indication
- Assess whether a patient will live long enough to benefit from a specific screening measure or medical intervention
IV. Criteria
- Age (5 year increments from 60 to over 85 years old)
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Cancer
- Chronic lung disease
- Heart Failure
- Body Mass Index (<25 kg/m2)
- Current Tobacco use
- Functional capacity
- Difficulty bathing
- Difficulty managing finances
- Difficulty walking several blocks
- Difficulty pushing or pulling heavy objects
V. Resources
- EPrognosis
- Lee Index
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| Definition (NCI_NCI-GLOSS) | The percentage of people in a study or treatment group who are alive for a certain period of time after they were diagnosed with or treated for a disease, such as cancer. The survival rate is often stated as a five-year survival rate, which is the percentage of people in a study or treatment group who are alive five years after diagnosis or treatment. |
| Definition (MSH) | The proportion of survivors in a group, e.g., of patients, studied and followed over a period, or the proportion of persons in a specified group alive at the beginning of a time interval who survive to the end of the interval. It is often studied using life table methods. |
| Concepts | Quantitative Concept (T081) |
| MSH | D015996 |
| English | Rate, Survival, Rates, Survival, Survival Rate, Survival Rates, survival rate, survival rates, overall survival rate |
| French | Taux de survie |
| Swedish | Överlevnadsfrekvens |
| Czech | přežívající - četnost |
| Finnish | Elossaololuku |
| Russian | VYZHIVSHIE PRI KORABLEKRUSHENII, VYZHIVANIIA KOEFFITSIENT, KUMULIATIVNYI KOEFFITSIENT VYZHIVANIIA, ВЫЖИВАНИЯ КОЭФФИЦИЕНТ, ВЫЖИВШИЕ ПРИ КОРАБЛЕКРУШЕНИИ, КУМУЛЯТИВНЫЙ КОЭФФИЦИЕНТ ВЫЖИВАНИЯ |
| Japanese | 累積生存率, 生存率, 残存者取得権 |
| Croatian | STOPA PREŽIVLJAVANJA |
| Polish | Okres przeżycia, Odsetek przeżyć, Przeżycie chorych, Średni czas przeżycia, Przeżywalność, Współczynnik przeżycia |
| Norwegian | Overlevelsesrate |
| Portuguese | Taxa de Sobrevivência, Taxa de Sobrevida |
| German | Überlebensrate |
| Italian | Tasso di sopravvivenza |
| Dutch | Overlevingscijfer |
| Spanish | Tasa de Supervivencia |
