A multinational observational investigation of illness perceptions and quality of life among patients with a Fontan circulation.

Holbein, Christina E; Fogleman, Nicholas D; Hommel, Kevin; Apers, Silke; Rassart, Jessica; Moons, Philip; Luyckx, Koen; Sluman, Maayke A; Enomoto, Junko; Johansson, Bengt; Yang, Hsiao-Ling; Dellborg, Mikael; Subramanyan, Raghavan; Jackson, Jamie L; Budts, Werner; Kovacs, Adrienne H; Morrison, Stacey; Tomlin, Martha; Gosney, Kathy; Soufi, Alexandra; ... (2018). A multinational observational investigation of illness perceptions and quality of life among patients with a Fontan circulation. Congenital heart disease, 13(3), pp. 392-400. Blackwell 10.1111/chd.12583

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OBJECTIVE

First, to compare QOL and illness perceptions between patients with a Fontan circulation and patients with anatomically simple defects (ie, atrial septal defects [ASD] or ventricular septal defects [VSD]). Second, to explore illness perceptions as a mediator of the association between congenital heart disease (CHD) diagnosis and QOL.

DESIGN

Cross-sectional observational study.

SETTING

Twenty-four cardiology centers from 15 countries across five continents.

PATIENTS

Four hundred thirty-five adult patients with congenital heart disease (177 Fontan and 258 ASD/VSD) ages 18-83 years.

OUTCOME MEASURES

QOL and illness perceptions were assessed by the Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Brief Illness Perceptions Questionnaire, respectively.

RESULTS

Patients with a Fontan circulation reported lower QOL (Wald Z = -3.59, p = <.001) and more negative perceptions of their CHD (Wald Z = -7.66, p < .001) compared with patients with ASD/VSD. After controlling for demographics, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and New York Heart Association functional class, path analyses revealed a significant mediation model, αβ = 0.15, p = .002, 95% CI = 0.06-0.25, such that CHD diagnosis was indirectly related to QOL through illness perceptions.

CONCLUSIONS

The Fontan sample's more negative perceptions of CHD were likely a reflection of life with a more complex defect. Illness perceptions appear to account for unique differences in QOL between groups of varying CHD complexity. Psychosocial screening and interventions may be important treatment components for patients with CHD, particularly those with Fontan circulations.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology

UniBE Contributor:

Thomet, Corina

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology

ISSN:

1747-079X

Publisher:

Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Markus Schwerzmann

Date Deposited:

10 Jul 2018 10:31

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:12

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/chd.12583

PubMed ID:

29457362

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Fontan circulation congenital heart disease illness perceptions quality of life

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.114395

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/114395

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