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

Bold indicates significant difference (two-tailed value below 0.05).