[Munster Heidelberg Abilities Scale--a measuring instrument for global comparison of illness sequelae]

An instrument to measure quality of life in multicentric pediatric studies in German language was missing yet. The FMH measures the capability for daily life actions with 56 items like "can walk without aids" or "earns money". It was normalized with 971 persons (45.5% female) aging between 0 and 102 years resulting in age-dependent percentiles. The retest-reliability-coefficient is 0.99. The validity was tested in 10 brain tumor patients: there was a good agreement with the IQ (r = 0.7) and with a semiquantitative assessment by a physician (p < 0.001).