Key result
Exercise programs appear to improve quality of life in youth with complex CHD.
Why the study?
Does an exercise program improve quality of life and psychosocial functioning in children with severe congenital heart disease?
Does an exercise program improve quality of life and psychosocial functioning in children with severe congenital heart disease?
Exercise programs appear to have positive effects on quality of life and leisure time in children with complex congenital heart disease, though further optimization of program content is needed.
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May support exercise for QoL in complex pediatric CHD; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.
Children and adolescents operated upon for congenital heart disease may show reduced exercise capacity and physical activity, associated with lowered quality of life. This review presents intervention studies on the influence of an exercise program on quality of life and psychosocial functioning in children with severe congenital heart disease. Participation in an exercise program among young people with complex congenital heart disease seemed to have positive effects on quality of life and passive leisure time spent. However, more effects of the exercise programs may have been expected. For future research it is important to critically evaluate the content of the exercise programs.
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Dulfer et al. (2017) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease. Exercise program was evaluated on Quality of life and psychosocial functioning. Participation in an exercise program among young people with complex congenital heart disease seemed to have positive effects on quality of life and passive leisure time spent.
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