Effects of minimally invasive and traditional surgeries on the quality of life of children with congenital heart disease: a retrospective propensity score-matched study

Table 6 Results of multiple linear regression analysis on factors influencing children’s quality of life reported by parents on their behalf

	Problems related to cardiac symptoms and their treatment		Drug treatment problems		Problems related to perceived physical appearance		Problems related to anxiety about treatment		Problems related to cognitive psychology		Problems related to communication
	b	P	b	P	b	P	b	P	b	P	b	P
MIS (reference = TS)	0.0257	0.135	0.0414	0.309	0.1296	0.003	0.0463	0.135	0.0127	0.716	0.0390	0.701
Age	−0.0137	< 0.001	0.0088	0.226	−0.0287	< 0.001	−0.0060	0.277	−0.0102	0.103	0.0187	0.307
Male (reference = female)	0.0511	0.004	0.0516	0.216	0.0541	0.229	0.0296	0.349	0.0198	0.578	0.1479	0.156
BMI	−0.0004	0.883	−0.0041	0.577	0.0130	0.099	0.0083	0.132	0.0169	0.007	0.0383	0.036
Time after operation	0.0016	< 0.001	0.0024	0.028	0.0004	0.730	0.0002	0.728	−0.0016	0.083	0.0051	0.063
VSD (reference = ASD)	−0.0039	0.882	−0.0395	0.526	0.1216	0.072	0.0786	0.098	0.1372	0.011	0.1175	0.452
Other types of diseases (reference = ASD)	−0.0222	0.783	−0.1538	0.423	0.1114	0.591	0.0183	0.900	−0.2179	0.187	−1.7654	< 0.001

TS Traditional surgery, MIS Minimally invasive surgery, BMI body mass index, VSD ventricular septal defect, ASD atrial septal defect, P < 0.05 suggesting statistical significance

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