Health-related quality of life outcomes in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease.

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Abstract

To compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a group of pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and healthy controls and patients with other chronic diseases, and to compare HRQOL among patients with CHD of various severity categories with one another, with controls, and with patients with other chronic diseases.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Pediatr.

Title: The Journal of pediatrics

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-6833

ISSN (Print): 0022-3476

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2014

Volume: 164

Issue: 4

Affiliations

[1 ] Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. Electronic address: katelyn.mellion@rockets.utoledo.edu.

[2 ] Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

[3 ] Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

[4 ] Division of Behavioral and Clinical Psychology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

[5 ] Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

[6 ] Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA.

[7 ] Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX.

[8 ] Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

[9 ] Department of Cardiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.

[10 ] Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX.

[11 ] Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0022-3476(13)01501-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.11.066

PubMed ID: 24412135

SO-VID: 8cf344f5-954f-4fa4-afe5-e60e9783e98d

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