The SAKK cancer-specific geriatric assessment (C-SGA): a pilot study of a brieftool for clinical decision-making in older cancer patients

Table 4 Cancer-specific geriatric assessment (C-SGA) characteristics in theindividual site and total study populations

C-SGA characteristics by study site and totalpopulation
	KSGR	KSSG	Total population
	N = 25	N = 26	N = 51
	n (%)			P value*
Mean C-SGA score	2.00 ±1.19	2.81 ±0.90	2.4 ±1.12	0.009
C-SGA over cut-off score
Yes	7 (28)	17 (65)	24 (47)	0.008
No	18 (72)	9 (35)	27 (53)
C-SGA by domain deficits
Function
Yes	14 (56)	18 (69)	32 (63)	0.33
No	11 (44)	8 (31)	19 (37)
Psychosocial
Yes	1 (4.0)	7 (27)	8 (16)	0.05
No	24 (96)	19 (73)	43 (16)
Nutrition
Yes	13 (52)	22 (85)	35 (69)	0.02
No	12 (48)	4 (15)	16 (31)
Cognition
Yes	3 (12)	1 (3.9)	4 (7.8)	0.35
No	22 (88)	25 (96)	47 (92)
Comorbidity
Yes	19 (76)	25 (96)	44 (86)	0.05
No	6 (24)	1 (3.9)	7 (14)
*C-SGA association with health-relatedcharacteristics*
	Correlation coefficient		*P value*
Age	0.12		0.43
Physician-rated general health	0.39		0.008
Type of treatment	−0.38		0.01
Life expectancy	−0.32		0.03
WHO performance score	0.63		<0.0001
*Health-related characteristics by C-SGA cut-offscore*
	Below C-SGA cut-off score		Above C-SGA cut-off score
	*N = 27*		*N = 24*
	n (%)			*P value* ^#
Age
65–69 years	8 (30)		5 (21)	0.72
70–79 years	14 (52)		13 (54)
80+ years	5 (18)		6 (25)
Physician-rated general health
Excellent/good	18 (67)		7 (32)	0.007
Fair	8 (30)		7 (32)
Poor/very poor	1 (3.7)		8 (36)
Type of treatment
Curative	12 (44)		3 (13)	0.02
Palliative	15 (56)		21 (87)
Life expectancy
<1 year	7 (30)		13 (54)	0.16
1–2 years	7 (30)		7 (29)
3+ years	9 (39)		4 (17)
WHO performance score
0	16 (59)		3 (12)	0.002
1	7 (26)		11 (46)
2	4 (15)		10 (42)

C-SGA Cancer-Specific Geriatric Assessment, KSGRKantonsspital Graubünden KSSG Kantonsspital St.Gallen, SD Standard Deviation, WHO World HealthOrganization.
* Test of difference between study sites.
^# Test of difference between groups by C-SGA cut-off.

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