Journal article
A comprehensive multiattribute system for classifying the health status of survivors of childhood cancer.
Abstract
PURPOSE: A multiattribute health status classification system was devised to describe comprehensively the health status of survivors of childhood cancer.
METHODS: The system consists of seven attributes: sensation, mobility, emotion, cognition, self-care, pain, and fertility. Three to five levels of functioning are defined for each attribute. Any specific combination of seven attribute levels constitutes a health state. In the first survey, the …
Authors
Feeny D; Furlong W; Barr RD; Torrance GW; Rosenbaum P; Weitzman S
Journal
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 923–928
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Publication Date
June 1992
DOI
10.1200/jco.1992.10.6.923
ISSN
0732-183X