Palliative Performance Scale (PPSv2)
Palliative Performance Scale v2 (Anderson 1996): ambulation, activity/disease evidence, self-care, intake, and consciousness map to a 0–100% performance level.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Ambulation
- Reduced
- Activity & evidence of disease
- Unable normal job/work; significant disease
- Self-care
- Full
- Intake
- Normal or reduced
- Level of consciousness
- Full
Result: PPS 70% — stable / ambulatory.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Framing
- A lower PPS is associated with shorter survival and frames the hospice-eligibility discussion; distinct from ECOG/Karnofsky.
What you enter
- Ambulation
- Activity & evidence of disease
- Self-care
- Intake
- Level of consciousness
How this is calculated
- Scoring
- Five columns read left-to-right with leftward precedence give a level 0%–100% in 10% steps (0% = death).
Anderson F, Downing GM, Hill J, et al. Palliative Performance Scale (PPS): a new tool. J Palliat Care. 1996;12(1):5-11. (PPSv2 © Victoria Hospice Society, 2001.) Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.