Research Article
The Discrepancy between Patient and Clinician Reported Function in Extremity Bone Metastases
Table 3
MSTS score comparison.
| | Patient score | Clinician score | value | | Median (±interquartile range) | Median (±interquartile range) |
| Overall MSTS score | 57 (40–70) | 65 (49–83) | <0.001 | Lower extremity MSTS score | 57 (37–70) | 63 (48–84) | <0.001 | Upper extremity MSTS score | 63 (53–73) | 74 (58–85) | <0.001 |
| MSTS common domains | | | | Pain | 4 (2–5) | 3 (3-4) | 0.076 | Function | 2 (2–4) | 4 (3–5) | <0.001 | Emotional acceptance | 2 (1–3) | 4 (3-4) | <0.001 |
| Lower extremity specific domains | | | | Use of supports | 1 (1–5) | 3 (1–5) | 0.003 | Walking ability | 4 (3-4) | 3 (3-4) | 0.102 | Gait | 3 (2–4) | 4 (3–5) | 0.006 |
| Upper extremity specific domains | | | | Hand-positioning | 4 (1–5) | 4 (3-4) | 0.048 | Dexterity | 5 (3–5) | 4 (4-5) | 0.890 | Lifting ability | 3 (1–4) | 4 (3-4) | 0.002 |
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Bold indicates significant difference (two-tailed value below 0.05).
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