Patient-reported outcomes in the aging population of adults with congenital heart disease: results from APPROACH-IS.

<p>Patient-reported outcomes in the aging population of adults with congenital heart disease: results from APPROACH-IS.</p> <p>The congenital heart disease (CHD) population now comprises an increasing number of older persons in their 6th decade of life and beyond. We cross-sectionally evaluated patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in persons with CHD aged 60 years or older, and contrasted these with PROs of younger patients aged 40-59 years and 18-39 years. Adjusted for demographic and medical characteristics, patients &ge;60 years had a lower Physical Component Summary, higher Mental Component Summary, and lower anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety) scores than patients in the two younger categories. For satisfaction with life, older persons had a higher score than patients aged 40-59 years. Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov&nbsp;<a href="http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02150603">NCT02150603</a>.</p>