Palliative Care Calculators

10-item patient-rated symptom assessment tool used in palliative care. Rates pain, tiredness, drowsiness, nausea, appetite, shortness of breath, depression, anxiety, wellbeing, and an optional patient-specific symptom — each 0–10. Used to monitor symptom burden and treatment response.

10-item self-report questionnaire assessing neck pain-related disability. Each section scored 0–5. Total 0–50. Originally designed for whiplash but used broadly for cervical spine conditions. Percentage disability = score × 2.

3-item brief chronic pain measure assessing average pain intensity, pain interference with enjoyment of life, and pain interference with general activity. Each item 0–10. Mean score 0–10. Validated for monitoring chronic pain outcomes in primary care and palliative settings.

Validated prognostic tool for estimating 30-day survival probability in advanced cancer patients referred to palliative care. Components: dyspnoea, anorexia, KPS, clinical prediction of survival, total WBC, lymphocyte percentage. Score 0–17.5.

Single-question prognostic screening tool: 'Would you be surprised if this patient were to die in the next 12 months?' A 'no' answer identifies patients who may benefit from proactive palliative and supportive care planning. Simple, validated in multiple clinical settings.

3-item clinical screening tool to identify postmenopausal women at risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) who should be referred for DEXA scanning. Considers age, weight, and oestrogen use. Score ≥9 = refer for DEXA.

Measures functional decline in palliative care patients across 5 domains. PPS <50% associated with median survival <3 months. Guides goals of care and support planning.

Identifies patients in the last year of life using Gold Standards Framework prognostic indicators. Triggers palliative care registration and ACP.

Patient-rated symptom burden tool in palliative care using 9 visual analogue scales (0-10 each). Total score (0-90) guides symptom management priorities.

Guides safe opioid rotation and dose conversion in palliative care using standard equianalgesic ratios. Does not replace clinical judgement.

Assesses severity of noisy breathing (death rattle) due to retained secretions in dying patients and guides pharmacological management.

Guides clinicians through factors informing a DNACPR (Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) decision using GMC/BMA/RCN framework.

Assesses whether a dying patient has been recognised and whether the Five Priorities of Care (LACEL framework) are being delivered. Based on NHS Leadership Alliance for Care of Dying People.