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Table 2 Comparisons between patients and their caregivers on general and cardiac-specific total scores

From: Quality of life in children with infrequent congenital heart defects: cohort study with one-year of follow-up

Variable

Baseline

Follow-up

Patient (n = 85)

Caregiver (n = 112)

p value

Patient (n = 85)

Caregiver (n = 112)

p value

General-specific total score, median (IQR)

74.4 (64.1–80.4)

68.4 (59.6–83.7)

0.296

72.8 (59.2–85.9)

69.9 (58.1–83.7)

0.332

Cardiac-specific total score, median (IQR)

79.6 (69.7–87.4)

73.6 (62.6–84.3)

0.019

75.0 (67.1–87.1)

73.1 (59.5–83.8)

0.034

  1. IQR Interquartile range