Health-related quality of life in Italian children and adolescents with congenital heart diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly at birth, affecting approximately 1% of live births. In recent decades great medical and surgical advances have significantly increased life expectancy, shifting healthcare professionals' and researchers' interests in patients' Quality of Life (QoL). The main aims of our study were to evaluate generic and condition-specific QoL in a group of Italian children and adolescents with CHD and their parents and examine the level of agreement and directional disagreement between child/adolescent and parents reports on generic and condition-specific QoL.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was designed with CHD children and adolescents and their parents referred to the Cardiology Department of "Bambino Gesù"

SUBMITTER: Amodeo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9013137 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature