Observational studyHealth and quality of life outcomes2020
Health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease aged 5 to 7 years: a multicentre controlled cross-sectional study.
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Quality of Life Assessment of Children With Congenital Heart Disease Aged 5 to 7 Years : a Multicentre Controlled Cross-sectional Study
Impact of a Neuro-cardiac Rehabilitation Program on the Quality of Life of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: the Multicentre Randomized Controlled QUALINEUROREHAB Trial
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early hybrid cardiac rehabilitation in congenital heart disease: the QUALIREHAB trial.European heart journal · 2024Trial
- Health-related quality of life and its determinants among children with congenital heart defects in Lagos, Nigeria: a comparative cross-sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Long-term health-related quality of life in pediatric ECMO survivors: a prospective controlled study.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Shared decision-making for preventive sports cardiology in youth with heart disease: a pilot study.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Bridging clinical care and lived experience: early implementation of longitudinal health-related quality of life monitoring in congenital heart disease.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Internalising Symptoms in Romanian Children with Congenital Cardiac Malformations: A Single-Centre Cross-Sectional Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of the CHDSI Questionnaire: A New Tool for Measuring Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Defects.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life in Children 4-5 Years After Open Heart Surgery in Early Infancy.CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2025Article
- Days Alive Out of Health Care: A Novel Measure of Health Status After Congenital Heart Surgery.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Cardiopulmonary Fitness and Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents With Inherited Cardiac Disease.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Childhood heart disease and parental emotional wellbeing: a predictive model to explain the perception of quality of life in children and adolescents.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial on simulation-based communication training for pediatric cardiology trainees (SIMUL-CHD).BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Aerobic physical capacity and health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease.Pediatric research · 2024Observational
- Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with Marfan syndrome or related disorders: a controlled cross-sectional study.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2024Article
- E-Health: A Game Changer in Fetal and Neonatal Cardiology?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Becoming a Teenager after Early Surgical Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Repair: Longitudinal Biopsychological Data on Mental Health and Maternal Involvement.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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- Health-related quality of life in Italian children and adolescents with congenital heart diseases.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2022Article
- Health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease following interventional closure versus minimally invasive closure.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of minimally invasive and traditional surgeries on the quality of life of children with congenital heart disease: a retrospective propensity score-matched study.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the context of tremendous progress in congenital cardiology, more attention has been given to patient-related outcomes, especially in assessing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with congenital heart diseases (CHD). However, most studies have mainly focused on teenagers or adults and currently, few HRQoL controlled data is available in young children. This study aimed to evaluate HRQoL of children with CHD aged 5 to 7 y.o., in comparison with contemporary peers recruited in school, as well as the factors associated with HRQoL in this population.
methodsThis multicentre controlled prospective cross-sectional study included 124 children with a CHD (mean age = 6.0 ± 0.8 y, 45% female) during their outpatient visit and 125 controls (mean age = 6.2 ± 0.8 y, 54% female) recruited at school. A generic paediatric HRQoL instrument was used (PedsQL 4.0).
resultsSelf-reported HRQoL in children with CHD was similar to controls, overall (73.5 ± 1.2 vs. 72.8 ± 1.2, P = 0.7, respectively), and for each dimension. Parents-reported HRQoL was significantly lower in the CHD group than in controls. HRQoL was predicted by the disease severity and by repeated invasive cardiac procedures (surgery or catheterization).
conclusionHRQoL in young children with CHD aged 5 to 7 years old was good and similar to controls. This study contributed to the growing body of knowledge on HRQoL in congenital cardiology and emphasized the need for child and family support in the most complex CHD. Trial registration This study was approved by the institutional review board of Montpellier University Hospital (2019_IRB-MTP_02-19) on 22 February 2019 and was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03931096) on 30 April 2019, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03931096 .
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