Arbeidsparticipatie en werkgerelateerde handicaps bij jongvolwassenen met een aangeboren hartafwijking [Employment and work-related handicaps in young adults with congenital heart disease]

Objective. To evaluate employment, career problems and job-related handicaps in adults with complex or mild congenital heart disease (CHD). Design. Cross-sectional. Method. Data were obtained from 76 patients with complex and 80 with mild CHD who were known to the Department of Paediatric Cardiology at the Leiden University Medical Center, the...

Ouder worden met een aangeboren hartafwijking: Hoe is de kwaliteit van leven? [How is the quality of life in aging persons with a congenital heart disease?]

In adults (aged 17 to 32 years) with mild or complex previously operated congenital heart disease, health-related quality of life (measured with the TAAQOL) and subjective health status (measured with the SF-36) were compared with those of the general population. In addition, the relation between these measures and physical indices was...