@article{ACS11604,
author = {Johanne Jeppesen Lomholt and Elisabeth Brammer Jacobsen and Mikael Thastum and Hans Pilegaard},
title = {A prospective study on quality of life in youths after pectus excavatum correction},
journal = {Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery},
volume = {5},
number = {5},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: The impact of correction of pectus excavatum (PE) on adolescents’ health-related quality of life (HRQL) has only been investigated in prospective designs using disease-specific measures and without controls. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the HRQL before and after surgical correction of PE using a generic HRQL measure, and to compare the reported level of HRQL before surgery with an age-comparable control group.
Methods: Patients (n=107) and one of their parents (n=106) completed the generic HRQL measure: the Child Health Questionnaire before, 3 months, and 6 months after correction for PE. A control group (n=183) consisting of school children comparable in age completed the same measure on one occasion.
Results: The patients’ level of HRQL before surgery was comparable to the level of the controls except for physical functioning; here boys reported impaired function compared to controls (P},
issn = {2304-1021}, url = {https://www.annalscts.com/article/view/11604}
}