Quality of life and sexual well-being in patients with a Fontan circulation: An explorative pilot study with a mixed method design

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 319-326

  Wolff, Djoeke ^a   van de Wiel, Henricus B M ^b   de Muinck Keizer, Mirthe E ^a   van Melle, Joost P ^b   Pieper, Petronella G ^b   Berger, Rolf M F ^a   Ebels, Tjark ^b   Weijmar Schultz, Willebrord C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

congenital heart disease; Fontan physiology; quality of life; sexual functioning; special populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL WELLBEING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85043585066     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chd.12576     Document Type: Article

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