Journal article
The comprehensive assessment of health status in survivors of childhood cancer: application to high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Abstract
The health status of 69 survivors of high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is assessed using a multi-attribute classification system. Seven attributes are included: sensation, mobility, emotion, cognition, self-care, pain and fertility. Three to five levels of functioning are defined for each attribute. Comprehensive health states are described as a specific combination of seven attribute levels. The system captures combinations of …
Authors
Feeny D; Leiper A; Barr R; Furlong W; Torrance G; Rosenbaum P; Weitzman S
Journal
British Journal of Cancer, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 1047–1052
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
May 1993
DOI
10.1038/bjc.1993.192
ISSN
0007-0920