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. 2023 May 25;22(4):339-344.
doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvac057.

Patient-reported outcomes in the aging population of adults with congenital heart disease: results from APPROACH-IS

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Patient-reported outcomes in the aging population of adults with congenital heart disease: results from APPROACH-IS

Philip Moons et al. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. .
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Abstract

The congenital heart disease (CHD) population now comprises an increasing number of older persons in their 6th decade of life and beyond. We cross-sectionally evaluated patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in persons with CHD aged 60 years or older, and contrasted these with PROs of younger patients aged 40-59 years and 18-39 years. Adjusted for demographic and medical characteristics, patients ≥60 years had a lower Physical Component Summary, higher Mental Component Summary, and lower anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety) scores than patients in the two younger categories. For satisfaction with life, older persons had a higher score than patients aged 40-59 years. Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02150603.

Keywords: Aging; Functioning; Heart defects, congenital; Mental health; Patient-reported outcomes; Quality of life.

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