Health-related quality of life in congenital heart disease surgery patients in Pakistan: protocol for a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been reported in postoperative patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). However, there is a paucity of data from low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). Differences in sociodemographics and sociocultural contexts may influence HRQOL. This protocol paper describes a study exploring HRQOL in surgical patients with CHD from a tertiary hospital in Pakistan. The study findings will assist development of strategies to improve HRQOL in a resource-constrained context.

Methods and analysis

This prospective, concurrent triangulation, mixed-methods study aims to compare HRQOL of postsurgery patients with CHD with age-matched healthy siblings and to identify HRQOL predictors. A qualitative component aims to furt

SUBMITTER: Ladak LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5665301 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature