Jorgenson R J, St John D L
Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1985;21(2):103-10.
COMFORTS adequately meets the criteria that led to the establishment of FOMERS: data on patients are cross-indexed by name, diagnosis, and pedigree number. However, because COMFORTS utilizes the memory and sorting capabilities of a computer, it is more easily used for large databases than is FOMERS. Alphabetizing records by name in a file; adding, deleting, or modifying diagnostic categories; and assigning and sequencing pedigree numbers are easy when the work is shared with a computer. The ease with which data can be entered, changed, or deleted was shown in the foregoing description of the program. Ease of use is only one aspect of COMFORTS; expanded facility for research is equally important. Of particular interest in this latter regard is the Cardinal Sign field of COMFORTS. COMFORTS also has features that facilitate scheduling and generation of demographic reports.
COMFORTS充分满足了促成FOMERS建立的标准：患者数据按姓名、诊断和系谱编号交叉索引。然而，由于COMFORTS利用了计算机的存储和排序功能，与FOMERS相比，它更易于用于大型数据库。当与计算机共享工作时，在文件中按姓名对记录进行字母排序、添加、删除或修改诊断类别以及分配和排列系谱编号都很容易。在前面对该程序的描述中展示了数据输入、更改或删除的简便性。易用性只是COMFORTS的一个方面；扩展的研究功能同样重要。在这后一方面，COMFORTS的主要体征字段尤其令人感兴趣。COMFORTS还具有便于安排日程和生成人口统计学报告的功能。
