Morbidities After Cardiac Surgery: Impact on Children's Quality of Life and Parents' Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most children now survive cardiac surgery, and the focus of quality improvement initiatives has shifted toward more complex outcome measures. The aim of this investigation was to study the impact of early postoperative morbidities on parent-reported patient quality of life and parental anxiety or depression over 6 months.

Methods

This prospective case-matched cohort study was conducted in 5 UK children's cardiac centers. Measures of impact for patient categories of "single morbidity," "multiple morbidities," and "extracorporeal life support (ECLS)" were compared with "no morbidity." The measures used were the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) and the 4-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4) at 6 weeks and 6 months postoperatively. The study modeled t

SUBMITTER: Wray J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647554 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature