Journal article
Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants at Adolescence: Health Status and Quality of Life-Reply
Abstract
In Reply. —Ms Harrison suggests that ELBW teenagers and their parents engage in denial and that self-reported health status underestimates the burden of morbidity. In support of this position, Harrison cites our data on the same cohort of ELBW children at age 8 years1,2 as well as the psychometric evaluations performed during their teenage years.3As we explained in our article, a clear distinction must be made between the reporting of health …
Authors
Saigal S; Feeny D; Rosenbaum P; Furlong W; Stoskopf B; Hould L
Journal
JAMA, Vol. 276, No. 21, pp. 1722–1723
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
December 4, 1996
DOI
10.1001/jama.1996.03540210030023
ISSN
0098-7484