Patient-reported outcomes in the aging population of adults with congenital heart disease: results from APPROACH-IS

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2023 May 25;22(4):339-344. doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvac057.

Abstract

The congenital heart disease (CHD) population now comprises an increasing number of older persons in their 6th decade of life and beyond. We cross-sectionally evaluated patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in persons with CHD aged 60 years or older, and contrasted these with PROs of younger patients aged 40-59 years and 18-39 years. Adjusted for demographic and medical characteristics, patients ≥60 years had a lower Physical Component Summary, higher Mental Component Summary, and lower anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety) scores than patients in the two younger categories. For satisfaction with life, older persons had a higher score than patients aged 40-59 years. Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02150603.

Keywords: Aging; Functioning; Heart defects, congenital; Mental health; Patient-reported outcomes; Quality of life.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging
  • Anxiety / epidemiology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
  • Quality of Life

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02150603