Key result
Adult congenital heart disease patients experience compromised quality of life in the physical domain compared to healthy counterparts, with no significant differences in psychosocial and environmental domains.
Why the study?
How does the quality of life of adult congenital heart disease patients compare to healthy counterparts, and what is the relationship with disease severity?
Systematic Review (n=31)
How does the quality of life of adult congenital heart disease patients compare to healthy counterparts, and what is the relationship with disease severity?
Adult congenital heart disease patients experience compromised physical quality of life compared to healthy individuals, highlighting the need for targeted interventions and standardized severity classifications.
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Physical QoL impairment in ACHD merits clinical monitoring; leaves open targeted intervention trials and refined severity classifications.
Fteropoulli et al. (2013) conducted a systematic review in Adult congenital heart disease (n=31). Congenital heart disease vs. Healthy counterparts / general population was evaluated on Quality of life (physical, psychosocial, and environmental domains). Adult congenital heart disease patients experience compromised quality of life in the physical domain compared to healthy counterparts, with no significant differences in psychosocial and environmental domains.
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