Conference
A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF EXTREMELY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT CHILDREN (< 1000G UW) AND CONTROLS AT 8 YEARS OF AGE
Abstract
A Multi-attribute health status (MAHS) classification system developed in our institution was applied to clinical and psychometric data collected prospectively at age 8 years on 150/179 ELBW and 145 matched term controls (C) born between 1977 and 1932. The MAHS system describes both the type and severity of functional limitations according to 7 attributes - sensation, mobility, emotion, cognition, self-care, pain and fertility (not applicable …
Authors
Saigal S; Rosenbaum PL; Furlong WJ; Feeny DI; Torrrance GW
Volume
35
Pagination
pp. 264-264
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2 1994
DOI
10.1203/00006450-199402000-00061
Conference proceedings
Pediatric Research
Issue
2
ISSN
0031-3998