Journal article
Health-Related Quality of Life for Extremely Low Birth Weight Adolescents in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The goal was to compare health-related quality of life of 12- to 16-year-old adolescents born at an extremely low birth weight in regional cohorts from Ontario (Canada), Bavaria (Germany), and the Netherlands.
METHODS: Patients were extremely low birth weight survivors from Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. Health-related quality of life was assessed with Health Utilities Index 3. Missing data were substituted by proxy reports. …
Authors
Verrips E; Vogels T; Saigal S; Wolke D; Meyer R; Hoult L; Verloove-Vanhorick SP
Journal
, Vol. 122, No. 3, pp. 556–561
Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Publication Date
September 1, 2008
DOI
10.1542/peds.2007-1043
ISSN
0031-4005