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Quality of life in adult survivors after paediatric heart transplantation in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2019

Alice Parker Open the ORCID record for Alice Parker [Opens in a new window] ,
Xin Tao Ye ,
Jacob Mathew ,
Melissa Lee ,
Igor E. Konstantinov ,
Yves d’Udekem ,
Christian Brizard  and
Johann Brink
Alice Parker
Affiliation:
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Heart Research Group, Melbourne, Australia
Xin Tao Ye
Affiliation:
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Heart Research Group, Melbourne, Australia
Jacob Mathew
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Melissa Lee
Affiliation:
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Heart Research Group, Melbourne, Australia
Igor E. Konstantinov
Affiliation:
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Heart Research Group, Melbourne, Australia Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Yves d’Udekem
Affiliation:
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Heart Research Group, Melbourne, Australia Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Christian Brizard
Affiliation:
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Heart Research Group, Melbourne, Australia Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Johann Brink*
Affiliation:
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Heart Research Group, Melbourne, Australia Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
*
Author for correspondence: Dr. Johann Brink, Cardiac Surgery Department, The Royal Children’s Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9345 5200; Fax: +61 3 9345 6001; E-mail: johann.brink@rch.org.au
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Abstract

Background:

Paediatric heart transplantation in Australia is centralised at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Survival to adulthood is improving but the ongoing need for complex medical therapy, surveillance, and potential for late complications continues to impact on quality of life. Quality of life in adults who underwent heart transplantation in childhood in Australia has not been assessed.

Methods:

Cross-sectional quality of life data were collected from paediatric heart transplant survivors >18 years of age using Rand 36-Item Health Survey. Self-reported raw scores were transformed to a 0–100 scale with higher scores indicating better quality of life. Mean scores were compared to National Health Survey Short Form-36 Population Norms data using the independent sample t-test.

Results:

A total of 64 patients (64/151) who underwent transplantation at The Royal Children’s Hospital between 1988 and 2016 survived to adulthood. In total 51 patients (51/64, 80%) were alive at the time of the study and 27 (53%) responded with a mean age of 25 ± 6 years, being a median of 11 years (interquartile range 7–19) post-transplantation. Most self-reported quality of life subscale scores were not significantly different from the Australian normative population data. However, self-reported ‘General Health’ was significantly worse than normative data (p = 0.02). Overall, 93% (25/27) reported their general health as being the same or better compared to 1-year ago.

Conclusion:

Adult survivors after paediatric heart transplantation in Australia report good quality of life in multiple domains and demonstrate independence in activities of daily living and employment. However, lifelong medical treatment may affect perceptions of general health.

Keywords

paediatricheart transplantationquality of lifeadult survivors
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 7 , July 2019 , pp. 939 - 944
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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