title: [External difficulties and their management in catamnestic studies (home visits)].
abstract: It is reported on som difficulties arising an attempt to trace former children whom we wanted to follow-up. On the one hand there were individuals who had been treated in childhood in our hospital many years ago, on the other hand some individuals concerned had been cared in a long stay-nursery during their first years of life. Furthermore, we traced adult patients to follow-up them and also visited some of their relatives in their homes. It is described how much persistent and time-consuming efforts had to be made to trace the probands and their relatives, for they, frequently, had altered their names and their addresses. However, the visits to the individuals' homes were worth while. Only in this way we were enabled to satisfactorily carry out the tasks, we had set to ourselves.
authors: Bereich Medizin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
authors: S V
authors: SV
authors: Trostorff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012561:Schizophrenia, Childhood / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Aussere Schwierigkeiten und ihre Uberwindung bei katamnestischen Untersuchungen (Hausbesuche).