Blood Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Blood Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Hemophilia
Pediatric hemophilia quality of life outcomes assessed by CHO-KLAT
October 5th, 2006
The quality of life (QoL) in boys with hemophilia could be assessed by the Canadian Haemophilia Outcomes-Kids Life Assessment Tool (CHO-KLAT). "It is important to measure the QoL of boys with haemophilia, because the diagnosis has a significant impact on their lives and this impact fluctuates over time. A disease-specific measure of QoL is required because the aspects of life that are affected by haemophilia may differ from those assessed by generic QoL measures," scientists in Canada reported. "This paper describes the final phase of development of a disease-specific measure of QoL for boys with haemophilia: CHO-KLAT," explained N.L. Young and...
Source: Blood Weekly (2006-10-05)
|
