Key result
Cardiac surgery significantly improved health-related quality of life scores across all age groups in children with congenital heart disease at 6 months post-surgery compared to baseline (p < 0.05).
Why the study?
This study aimed to explore changes in health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease from pre-surgery to 6 months post-surgery.
Does cardiac surgery improve health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease?
Observational (n=85)
No
Does cardiac surgery improve health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease?
p-value: p=<0.05
Cardiac surgery significantly improves short-term health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease.
Supports potential short-term QoL benefits of surgery in pediatric CHD; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective randomized confirmation.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore changes in health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease from pre-surgery to 6 months after surgery. METHODS: A total of 87 children aged 2-12 years who underwent cardiac surgery in a provincial hospital in China from January 2021 to June 2021 were selected. After 6 months, the quality of life of all children was retrospectively analyzed. The Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Scale was used to assess the quality of life of children before and after surgery. RESULTS: Parents of 85 children and 33 children aged 5-12 years completed the questionnaires. After surgical treatment, the quality of life scores reported by parents of children of all ages were significantly higher than those before surgery, the P value < 0.05; the self-evaluated quality of life scores of children of different ages were significantly higher than those before surgery, the P value < 0.05. CONCLUSION: Surgical treatment can improve the health-related quality of life of children with congenital heart disease.
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Dai et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Congenital heart disease (n=85). Cardiac surgery vs. Pre-surgery baseline was evaluated on Health-related quality of life (PedsQL 4.0 total score) (p=<0.05). Cardiac surgery significantly improved health-related quality of life scores across all age groups in children with congenital heart disease at 6 months post-surgery compared to baseline (p < 0.05).
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