| Factor Information | |
|---|---|
| Data ID | 2249 |
| Factor | Peak oxygen uptake (% of predicted) |
| Description | Physical component score decreased with heart defect severity but, paradoxically, mental component score increased. |
| Biomarker | NA |
| Classification | E10 (physiological factor - other) |
| Association | |
|---|---|
| Application | prognosis |
| Objective | The sense of coherence (SOC), a psychological resource that focuses on factors that support human health and well-being, was suggested to act as a potential pathway for maintaining and improving quality of life independently from the disease status. |
| p Value | <0.001 |
| Conclusion | Physical component score decreased with heart defect severity but, paradoxically, mental component score increased. |
| Risk Factor | unknown |
| CHD Type | |
|---|---|
| ID | 594 |
| CHD Type | isolated CHD/non-isolated CHD |
| CHD Subtype | TGA/TOF/EA/PS/PR/CoA/AS/AVSD/ASD/VSD/PDA/other |
| Reference | |
|---|---|
| PMID | 23460658 |
| Year | 2014 |
| Title | Sense of coherence, rather than exercise capacity, is the stronger predictor to obtain health-related quality of life in adults with congenital heart disease. |
| Sample | ||
|---|---|---|
| Population | Adults | |
| Source | questionnaires | |
| Region | Mu¨nchen, Germany | |
| Method | Patients completed the SOC-13 questionnaire and the health-related quality of life questionnaire SF-36. Afterwards they performed a cardiopulmonary exercise test. | |
| Race | Europe | |
| Disease History | N/A | |
| Treatment History | N/A | |
| Group | the severity of the cardiac defect:Simple/Moderate/Complex(Treatment) | N/A(Control) |
| Number | 546 (Simple:85 Moderate:154 Complex:307) | N/A |
| Age | 26.9 years, aged from 16 to 71 years | N/A |
| Gender (Male: Female) | 310:236 | N/A |
| Marker Level | Simple CHD: 98.7 (88.7;113.1) Moderate CHD: 93.2 (80.3;103.5) Complex CHD: 79.6 (64.1;92.5) | N/A |
