Sense of coherence in adults with congenital heart disease in 15 countries: Patient characteristics, cultural dimensions and quality of life
Philip Moons, Silke Apers, Adrienne H. Kovacs, Corina Thomet, Werner Budts, Junko Enomoto, Maayke A. Sluman, Jou-Kou Wang, Jamie L. Jackson, Paul Khairy, Stephen C. Cook, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Luis Alday, Erwin Oechslin, Katrine Eriksen, Mikael Dellborg, Malin Berghammer, Bengt Johansson, Andrew S. Mackie, Samuel Menahem, Maryanne Caruana, Gruschen Veldtman, Alexandra Soufi, Susan M. Fernandes, Kamila White, Edward Callus, Shelby Kutty, Koen Luyckx, KU Leuven Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Centre for Person-Centred Care , University of Gothenburg, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Toronto Congenital Cardiac Center for Adults, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health , Science University, Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Division of Congenital and Structural Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Department of Education, Toyo University, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, the Netherlands, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Center for Biobehavioral Health, Nationwide Children, s Hospital, Adult Congenital Heart Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Helen DeVos Children, s Hospital, Pediatric Cardiology, Frontier Lifeline Hospital , Cherian Heart Foundation, Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Niños, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Adult Congenital Heart Unit, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Department of Health Sciences, University West, Department of Paediatrics, Queen Silvia Children, s Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Division of Cardiology, Stollery Children, s Hospital, University of Alberta, Monash Heart, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Department of Cardiology, Mater Dei Hospital, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Cincinnati Children, s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Louis Pradel Hospital, Hospices civils de Lyon, Adult Congenital Heart Program at Stanford, Lucile Packard Children, s Hospital and Stanford Health Care, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Washington University and Barnes Jewish Heart , Vascular Center, University of Missouri, Clinical Psychology Service, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center University of Nebraska Medical Center, s Hospital and Medical Center, Taussig Heart Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, KU Leuven School Psychology and Development in Context, KU Leuven, University of the Free State, South Africa
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Published online on June 11, 2020
Abstract
BackgroundPrevious studies have found that sense of coherence (SOC) is positively related to quality of life (QoL) in persons with chronic conditions. In congenital heart disease (CHD), the evidence is scant.AimsWe investigated (i) intercountry variation ...