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April 1, 2002HeartOpen Access

Health related quality of life and health status in adult survivors with previously operated complex congenital heart disease

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Population

78 adult survivors with previously operated complex congenital heart disease, randomly selected from a…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MKM. KamphuisOLVG

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Implication

Physical QoL limitations predominate in adult complex CHD survivors; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions beyond objective measures.

Structured PICO

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Population
78 adult survivors (aged 18-32 years) with previously operated complex congenital heart disease, randomly selected from a single center in The Netherlands.
C
Comparator
General population
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Outcome
Health-related quality of life (measured by TAAQOL) and subjective health status (measured by SF-36)patient reported

Adult survivors of complex congenital heart disease experience limitations primarily in the physical dimensions of quality of life, which correlate poorly with objective medical variables.

Cite This Study

M. Kamphuis (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86e080c27ad527967cc325https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.87.4.356

Topics

Congenital heart disease adults
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