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Transition to Adulthood for Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants—Reply
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In Reply: Ms Harrison describes her son's functional abilities and draws the inference that we would characterize someone of his status as "making a successful transition to adulthood." However, this reflects a misunderstanding of the measures and definitions we used and described in our article.
Participants were classified as high school graduates based on attainment of a diploma, not simply by the number of years spent in school. Those participants living in a group home or assisted-living arrangement were not classified as living independently (Table 5). Also, as noted in Table 4, only 3 of 71 permanently employed ELBW participants were in sheltered workshops and were working under supervision. We did provide an answer to Ms Harrison's final question in reporting that 42% of ELBW vs 53% of normal birthweight (NBW) young adults were living independently, and in general could be considered to be "free of parental and societal subsidies . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Saroj Saigal, MD, FRCPC
saigal@mcmaster.ca
Barbara Stoskopf, RN, MHSc
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
David Streiner, PhD
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Michael Boyle, PhD;
Janet Pinelli, RNC, MScN, DNS
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Nigel Paneth, MD, MPH;
John Goddeeris, PhD
Michigan State University
East Lansing
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