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Comprehensive assessment of the health status of extremely low birth weight children at eight years of age: Comparison with a reference group

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To apply a multiattribute health status (MAHS) classification system to data available on two cohorts of school-aged children to describe several dimensions of health simultaneously. The MAHS system describes both the type and severity of functional limitations according to seven attributes: sensation, mobility, emotion, cognition, self-care, pain, and fertility (fertility not applicable in this study), with four or five levels of …

Authors

Saigal S; Rosenbaum P; Stoskopf B; Hoult L; Furlong W; Feeny D; Burrows E; Torrance G

Journal

The Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 125, No. 3, pp. 411–417

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

September 1994

DOI

10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83288-3

ISSN

0022-3476