Identifying the determinants of health–related quality of life in children after heart transplant
HRQOL in children after heart transplant is reduced and determined not only by traditional measures of cardiovascular function, but also by patient psychology and their household environment, highlighting the utility of using an adapted ecological systems framework to understand HRQOL.
Authors
- Carol Wittlieb‐Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-3201)
- Vicky Tam
- Jing Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6827-1232)
- Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7050-0017)
- Melissa K. Cousino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0041-0830)
- Michael L. O’Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6023-1634)
- Joseph William Rossano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8284-0673)
- Matthew J. O’Connor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3012-5464)
- Jonathan B. Edelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3220-7922)
- Kimberly Y. Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1582-9797)
- Zi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5826-3733)
- Rachel S. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9645-057X)
- Lynne Ha
- Debra Lefktowitz
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Philadelphia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JHLT Open
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100250
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.61
Funders
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute