| Literature DB >> 8494697 |
D Feeny1, A Leiper, R D Barr, W Furlong, G W Torrance, P Rosenbaum, S Weitzman.
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 sequelae. The system provides a compact but comprehensive tool for long term follow up of survivors of childhood cancer. The results underscore the cognitive and emotional burdens of morbidity affecting survivors of high-risk ALL.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8494697 PMCID: PMC1968467 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.192
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640