ArticleJTCVS open2024
Quality of life, psychological states, and personality traits in patients with pectus excavatum.
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- Mitral Valve Prolapse and Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review of Evidence in Both Directions and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- The hidden mechanism of vacuum bell therapy: Local fat hypertrophy drives cosmetic outcome in adolescents with pectus excavatum.JPRAS open · 2026Article
- Extension of the minimally invasive pectus repair to adult patients: strategies for success.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- Psychological Impact of Congenital Chest Wall Deformities Among Adolescents and Young Adults.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Diagnosis and Management of Pectus Excavatum in Primary Care.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2026Article
- Does nutritional education affect the nutritional status, growth, and development of children with pectus excavatum?Pediatric surgery international · 2025Article
- Evaluation of an integrated stepwise rehabilitation model following Nuss procedure in pediatric patients.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: The quality of life (QOL) and psychological states of patients with pectus excavatum (PE) have yet to be well understood. This study aimed to evaluate the health-related QOL (HRQOL), psychological states, and personality traits of patients with PE, alongside the associations of these factors with the severity of PE. Methods: A cross-sectional evaluation was prospectively performed in patients scheduled to undergo PE repair surgery between July 2019 and April 2021. The primary outcome was the patients' HRQOL, and the secondary outcomes were depression, social anxiety, self-efficacy, and personality traits. Results: In total, 129 patients were subjected to analyses. Patients' HRQOL had a lower role component summary score (mean ± standard deviation: 41.8 ± 12.8, Conclusions: Our study revealed that patients with PE had decreased social-role QOL, depressive tendencies, increased social anxiety, lower self-efficacy, and introversion. No correlation between the severity of PE and the patients' psychological outcomes leads us to conclude that surgical implications of PE should not be decided solely by a physical index.
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