Differences between disability diagnosis at admission and ‘a lot of difficulty’ identified by Washington Questions* at 7 years postdischarge (SAM survivors only)
| Identified as having a disability at admission (n=11 survivors) | Not identified as having disability at admission (n=297 survivors) | |
| Reported ‘a lot’ of physical difficulty at follow-up | 10 (91%) | 19 (6.4%) |
| Reported ‘a lot’ of learning/behaviour difficulties at follow-up | 10 (91%) | 90 (30.3%) |
| Reported ‘a lot’ of any difficulty at follow-up | 11 (100%) | 96 (32.3%) |
*Options for responses to the questionnaire are: ‘no difficulty’, ‘some difficulty’, ‘a lot of difficulty’ and ‘cannot do at all’; these results show any children whose caregiver reported ‘a lot of difficulty’ or ‘cannot do at all’.