Journal article
Long-term quality of life in adult survivors after the arterial switch operation
TA Fricke, BR Loyer, L Huang, S Griffiths, N Yaftian, KM Dalziel, J Brink, Y D’Udekem, CP Brizard, IE Konstantinov
European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy178
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the quality of life after the arterial switch operation (ASO) using the Short Form 36 questionnaire in adult survivors. METHODS: All patients (n = 107) who underwent the ASO and were 18 years of age or older living in the Australian state of Victoria with a contact telephone number were identified from the hospital database. Fifty-one (48%) patients were 18–24 years old and 56 (52%) patients were 25–34 years old. Patients completed the Short Form 36 quality of life questionnaire via telephone. The results of the 8 domains of the Short Form 36 questionnaire and the derived health state summary score (Short Form 6-Dimension) were compared against mean scores ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Tyson Fricke is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Medical Research Postgraduate Scholarship and an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (1134203). Yves d'Udekem is Practitioner Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (1082186).