SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SCALE-MODIFIED KUPPUSWAMY SCALE FOR THE YEAR 2022

Kuppuswamy's socioeconomic scale: updating income ranges for the year 2012.

LNJP Hospital conducts regular meetings to review all needle stick injuries reported by the HCWs to ensure follow up. In our hospital, all needle stick injury cases are reported fi rst to the casualty medical offi cer, who then refers the cases to the emergency microbiology laboratory of the hospital, which provides 24 h service for further follow-up. It is ensured that unsafe work practices su...

Updating and validation of the socioeconomic status scale for health research in Egypt.

This study aimed to update and re-validate the scoring system of Fahmy and El-Sherbini for measurement of socioeconomic status in health research in Egypt. The new socioeconomic status scale has 7 domains with a total score of 84. Intra-and inter-observer variability and the internal consistency of the scale were assessed. A linear regression model was performed to determine the relative import...

The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]

BACKGROUND The Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) is a gold standard scale. The Thorne-modified KPS (TKPS) focuses on community-based care and has been shown to be more relevant to palliative care settings than the original KPS. The Australia-modified KPS (AKPS) blends KPS and TKPS to accommodate any setting of care. METHODS Performance status was measured using all three scales for palliativ...

Approach to an obstetric prognosis scale: The modified SOFA scale.

BACKGROUND Severe obstetric morbidity constitutes a serious problem worldwide; however, an effective obstetrical prognosis scale is still missing. OBJECTIVE To propose a modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score (SOFA) score based on time before reaching specialized medical attention. METHOD This was an ambispective, descriptive study, including all women treated at the Obstetrical...

Updating income ranges for Kuppuswamy's socio-economic status scale for the year 2014.