作者
Z Saliba, G Butera, D Bonnet, P Bonhoeffer, E Villain, J Kachaner, D Sidi, L Iserin
发表日期
2001/7/1
期刊
Heart
卷号
86
期号
1
页码范围
69-73
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
简介
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the quality of life in patients with univentricular heart and to determine the impact of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.
DESIGN AND SETTING
Retrospective, cross sectional study conducted in a regional paediatric cardiology centre.
PATIENTS
The health records of 89 survivors with univentricular heart (median age 21 years; range 17–49 years) were reviewed. Sixty seven answered the Duke questionnaire. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were similar in the responders and non-responders. The impact of sociodemographic and clinical variables on individual Duke's measures was assessed.
RESULTS
The Duke scores of adults with univentricular heart were similar to the normal population. Cyanosis predicted a worse score for physical (p = 0.05) and perceived health measures (p = 0.02). A higher educational level predicted a better score for physical (p = 0.004 …
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