Functional health status in children and adolescents after Fontan: comparison of generic and disease-specific assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to compare associations between generic versus disease-specific functional health status assessments and patient and clinical characteristics for patients with severe congenital heart disease.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional observational study involving 325 single ventricle patients, aged 10-18 years, after Fontan procedure. Enrolled patients underwent a medical history review, laboratory testing, and assessment of the functional health status by completion of the generic Child Report Child Health Questionnaire and the disease-specific Congenital Heart Adolescent and Teenage questionnaire. Correlated conceptually equivalent domains from both questionnaires were identified and their associations with patient and clinical variables were co

SUBMITTER: McCrindle BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4068336 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature