PMID- 19439375
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100608
LR  - 20100309
IS  - 1872-6976 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-4943 (Linking)
VI  - 50
IP  - 3
DP  - 2010 May-Jun
TI  - Psychological functioning and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older 
      patients following percutaneous closure of the secundum atrial septal defect 
      (ASD).
PG  - e5-8
LID - 10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.003 [doi]
AB  - To characterize quality of life and psychological well-being in the new growing 
      population of older patients who underwent trans-catheter closure of the secundum 
      ASD. Twenty-seven patients, aged 60 years and older, who underwent trans-catheter 
      ASD closure and 27 age and gender matched controls answered the hospital anxiety 
      and depression scale and the cardiac-specific module of the health-related 
      quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire. Pre- and post-ASD closure pulmonary artery 
      pressure (Pap), and the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional capacity 
      class were recorded from medical records. Almost 77% improvement in Pap and 57% 
      improvement in functional status were found. More than 70% reported low/mild 
      depressive symptoms and 59% reported low/mild anxiety in both groups. Almost 78% 
      of ASD patients and 89% of controls reported high/very high levels of HRQoL. 
      Significantly better QoL was reported by the controls. Lower post-ASD closure Pap 
      scores were associated with better QoL, but were not significantly related to 
      levels of depression and anxiety scores. Preoccupation with the ASD closure was 
      related to higher pre-closure Pap scores, worse QoL, and higher depressive and 
      anxiety symptoms. Following ASD closure, depression and anxiety symptoms were in 
      the low range, and HRQoL scores for most patients were in the high range.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Cohen, Miri
AU  - Cohen M
AD  - Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, 
      University of Haifa, and Pediatric Cardiology and Adults with Congenital Heart 
      Disease, Meyer Children's Hospital, Haifa 31905, Israel.
FAU - Daniela, Mansoor
AU  - Daniela M
FAU - Yalonetsky, Sergey
AU  - Yalonetsky S
FAU - Gagin, Roni
AU  - Gagin R
FAU - Lorber, Avraham
AU  - Lorber A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20090512
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Arch Gerontol Geriatr
JT  - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
JID - 8214379
SB  - IM
MH  - *Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Status
MH  - Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/psychology/*surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Israel
MH  - Male
MH  - Matched-Pair Analysis
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Quality of Life
EDAT- 2009/05/15 09:00
MHDA- 2010/06/09 06:00
CRDT- 2009/05/15 09:00
PHST- 2008/12/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/04/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/04/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/05/15 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/05/15 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/06/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0167-4943(09)00092-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2010 May-Jun;50(3):e5-8. doi: 
      10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.003. Epub 2009 May 12.