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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Nurs. 2012 Oct 2;28(3):213–222. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2012.08.010

Table 1.

Child Health and Illness Profile- Adolescent Edition, Health Profile Taxonomy

	Profile Type	Criteria
A	Excellent health	Excellent health on three or four domains, with no domains of poor health
B	Good health	At least average on all domains, with excellent health on no more than 2 domains
C	Dissatisfied	Poor health on Satisfaction - score below 17
D	High discomfort	Poor health on Discomfort - score above 23
E	Low resilience	Poor health on Resilience - score below 17
F	High risks	Poor health on Risks - score above 23
G	Dissatisfied/high discomfort	Score below 17 on Satisfaction and above 23 on Discomfort
H	Dissatisfied/low resilience	Score below 17 on Satisfaction and Resilience
I	Dissatisfied/high risks	Score below 17 on Satisfaction and above 23 on Risks
J	Discomfort/low resilience	Score above 23 on Discomfort and below 17 on Resilience
K	Discomfort/high risks	Score above 23 on Discomfort and Risks
L	Low resilience/high risks	Score below 17 on Resilience and above 23 on Risks
M	Worst health	Poor health on three to four domains

Domain scores indicating excellent health: Score above 23 on Satisfaction and Resilience and below 17 on Discomfort and Risks.

Domain scores indicating average health: Scores between 17 and 23 on any domain.

Domain scores indicating poor health: Scores above 23 on Discomfort and Risks and below 17 on Satisfaction and Resilience.

Note: From “A taxonomy of adolescent health: development of the adolescent health profile-types” by A.W. Riley et al., 1998, Medical Care, 36(8), p. 1232.