A MULTIATTRIBUTE APPROACH TO HEALTH-STATUS MEASUREMENT AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT ILLUSTRATED BY AN APPLICATION TO BRAIN-TUMORS IN CHILDHOOD

  • Authors:
    • RD BARR
    • MKR PAI
    • S WEITZMAN
    • D FEENY
    • W FURLONG
    • P ROSENBAUM
    • GW TORRANCE
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  • Published online on: March 1, 1994     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.4.3.639
  • Pages: 639-648
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Abstract

A comprehensive multi-attribute system was devised to assess global morbidity burden. The system was used to obtain qualitative and quantitative measures of health-status for a case series of survivors of brain tumors in childhood. Health-related quality-of-life scores for each global health-state were calculated from a utility function derived from measures of preferences collected during surveys of a random sample of parents of school age children in the general public (n=194). Global multi-attribute health status (MAHS) utility scores revealed a wide range of severity in morbidity burden. We suggest that the assessment of health-related quality-of-life should become an integral part of clinical management.

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March 1994
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BARR R, PAI M, WEITZMAN S, FEENY D, FURLONG W, ROSENBAUM P and TORRANCE G: A MULTIATTRIBUTE APPROACH TO HEALTH-STATUS MEASUREMENT AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT ILLUSTRATED BY AN APPLICATION TO BRAIN-TUMORS IN CHILDHOOD. Int J Oncol 4: 639-648, 1994
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BARR, R., PAI, M., WEITZMAN, S., FEENY, D., FURLONG, W., ROSENBAUM, P., & TORRANCE, G. (1994). A MULTIATTRIBUTE APPROACH TO HEALTH-STATUS MEASUREMENT AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT ILLUSTRATED BY AN APPLICATION TO BRAIN-TUMORS IN CHILDHOOD. International Journal of Oncology, 4, 639-648. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.4.3.639
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BARR, R., PAI, M., WEITZMAN, S., FEENY, D., FURLONG, W., ROSENBAUM, P., TORRANCE, G."A MULTIATTRIBUTE APPROACH TO HEALTH-STATUS MEASUREMENT AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT ILLUSTRATED BY AN APPLICATION TO BRAIN-TUMORS IN CHILDHOOD". International Journal of Oncology 4.3 (1994): 639-648.
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BARR, R., PAI, M., WEITZMAN, S., FEENY, D., FURLONG, W., ROSENBAUM, P., TORRANCE, G."A MULTIATTRIBUTE APPROACH TO HEALTH-STATUS MEASUREMENT AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT ILLUSTRATED BY AN APPLICATION TO BRAIN-TUMORS IN CHILDHOOD". International Journal of Oncology 4, no. 3 (1994): 639-648. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.4.3.639