Patient-reported outcomes in the aging population of adults with congenital heart disease: results from APPROACH-IS
- PMID: 35901014
- DOI: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvac057
Patient-reported outcomes in the aging population of adults with congenital heart disease: results from APPROACH-IS
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.
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
Conflict of interest statement
Conflict of interest: None of the authors have a conflict of interest.
Comment in
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Aging with congenital heart disease: are we satisfied with life or simply enjoying 'low-bar syndrome'?Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2023 May 25;22(4):e32. doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvac110. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2023. PMID: 36449388 No abstract available.