Response of health-related quality of life following pediatric/congenital cardiac catheterization procedures
Authors' conclusion
Across a range of transcatheter interventional procedures, patient-reported cardiac-specific HRQOL improved in short term follow up, though these changes were not seen in parent/guardian reported measures.
Study context
- Population
- School-age children and adolescents (ages 8–18) undergoing pediatric/congenital cardiac catheterization
- Participants
- 70 patient-parent/guardian dyads
- Exposure
- Diagnostic vs interventional cardiac catheterization procedures
- Outcome
- Change in HRQOL from baseline (Pediatric Cardiac Quality of Life Inventory)
- Follow-up
- 1 and 3 months
Methodological detailssingle-centre, longitudinal
- Single-centre
- Longitudinal
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Cardiac-specific HRQOL change from baseline
- Diagnostic: no significant change in cardiac-specific health related quality of life (HRQOL)
- P > .05
- Interventional: patient-reported cardiac-specific HRQOL increase at 1 month
- 4.3±11, P = .04
- Interventional: patient-reported cardiac-specific HRQOL increase at 3 months
- 5.9±11.4, P = .02
- Interventional: no such change in parent/guardian-reported cardiac-specific HRQOL
- P > .05
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
PROMIS physical function, psychological symptoms, social function vs baseline cardiac-specific HRQOL
- Associated with baseline cardiac-specific HRQOL
- all P < .05
- No associations between other patient-reported outcomes and baseline HRQOL or change to 3-month follow-up
Original publication
Response of health-related quality of life following pediatric/congenital cardiac catheterization procedures. Am Heart J. Published 4 December 2024. doi:10.
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