Quality of life in Arab children with congenital heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Management strategies for children with congenital health diseases (CHDs) should encompass more than just the medical aspect of the disease and consider how heart diseases affect their everyday activities and, subsequently, their quality of life (QoL). Global studies witnessed a greater emphasis on studying the QoL associated with CHD. However, there is still a great lag in such data in the Arab region. The purpose of this study was to evaluate QoL in children with CHD using an Arab sample from Jordan. The specific objectives were twofold: (1) to contrast the assessments of children's QoL reported by their parents with those reported by the children themselves, and (2) to assess the factors that influence the QoL of children with CHD.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Dardas LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10796050 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature