Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychiatric Morbidity at Follow-up After Catheter Ablation in Children with Supraventricular Tachycardia
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- 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Malatya Turgut Özal University, Malatya, Türkiye
- 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- 3Department of Cardiology, Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Türkiye
- 4Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Türkiye
Abstract
Background: This study aimed to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychiatric outcomes in children and adolescents with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) during the post-ablation follow-up period.
Methods: This retrospective–prospective observational cohort study included pediatric patients who underwent successful catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia. Clinical and procedural data were collected retrospectively. Pre-ablation HRQoL data were obtained from either documented pre-procedural assessments or caregiver recall when records were unavailable. Psychiatric interviews and post-ablation HRQoL assessments were conducted prospectively during a single follow-up evaluation.
Results: A total of 59 pediatric patients participated in the follow-up evaluation and were included in the study; the median age was 13.0 years (Q1–Q3, 10.0–15.0). Depending on the HRQoL domain, paired pre- and post-ablation data were available for 53 or 54 participants. Follow-up scores for physical, emotional, social, and school functioning were higher than the retrospectively obtained pre-ablation reference scores (all p < .001; Bonferroni-adjusted significance threshold, p < .0125). At follow-up, at least 1 DSM-5 psychiatric diagnosis was identified in 18 participants (30.5%), most commonly anxiety and depressive disorders. Seven of these participants had 2 or more concurrent psychiatric diagnoses.
Conclusion: Pediatric patients had higher HRQoL scores at post-ablation follow-up, and 30.5% met criteria for at least 1 psychiatric diagnosis. The HRQoL comparisons should be interpreted cautiously because baseline data were obtained from a combination of medical records and caregiver recall, informants were not fully standardized across assessment periods, and the exact interval between ablation and follow-up could not be reliably reconstructed.
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BibTeX
@article{dogac2026healthrelated,
title = {{Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychiatric Morbidity at Follow-up After Catheter Ablation in Children with Supraventricular Tachycardia}},
author = {Tuğba Doğaç and Özlem Elkıran and Serdar Akın Maraş and Mehmet Öncül and Özlem Doğan},
journal = {Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.65801/pcp.3459},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13720801},
note = {CC BY-NC},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychiatric Morbidity at Follow-up After Catheter Ablation in Children with Supraventricular Tachycardia
AU - Tuğba Doğaç
AU - Özlem Elkıran
AU - Serdar Akın Maraş
AU - Mehmet Öncül
AU - Özlem Doğan
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/01
JO - Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology
DO - 10.65801/pcp.3459
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13720801
AB - Background: This study aimed to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychiatric outcomes in children and adolescents with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) during the post-ablation follow-up period. Methods: This retrospective–prospective observational cohort study included pediatric patients who underwent successful catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia. Clinical and procedural data were collected retrospectively. Pre-ablation HRQoL data were obtained from either documented pre-procedural assessments or caregiver recall when records were unavailable. Psychiatric interviews and post-ablation HRQoL assessments were conducted prospectively during a single follow-up evaluation. Results: A total of 59 pediatric patients participated in the follow-up evaluation and were included in the study; the median age was 13.0 years (Q1–Q3, 10.0–15.0). Depending on the HRQoL domain, paired pre- and post-ablation data were available for 53 or 54 participants. Follow-up scores for physical, emotional, social, and school functioning were higher than the retrospectively obtained pre-ablation reference scores (all p < .001; Bonferroni-adjusted significance threshold, p < .0125). At follow-up, at least 1 DSM-5 psychiatric diagnosis was identified in 18 participants (30.5%), most commonly anxiety and depressive disorders. Seven of these participants had 2 or more concurrent psychiatric diagnoses. Conclusion: Pediatric patients had higher HRQoL scores at post-ablation follow-up, and 30.5% met criteria for at least 1 psychiatric diagnosis. The HRQoL comparisons should be interpreted cautiously because baseline data were obtained from a combination of medical records and caregiver recall, informants were not fully standardized across assessment periods, and the exact interval between ablation and follow-up could not be reliably reconstructed.
SN - 2475-0581
ER -