Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents undergoing intraoperative device closure of isolated perimembranous ventricular septal defects in southeastern China

Table 3 Score change and comparison of health-related QOL

Domains	Before operation	3 months	1-year
Total score	66.1 ± 15.3	75.0 ± 11.4^#	79.2 ± 9.7^*
Physical functioning	68.4 ± 18.6	83.5 ± 11.6^#	87.5 ± 8.8^*
Psychosocial functioning	64.9 ± 16.1	70.4 ± 14.1^#	74.8 ± 12.9^*
Emotional functioning	56.1 ± 18.9	66.9 ± 17.7^#	71.1 ± 16.4
Social functioning	74.5 ± 21.9	77.5 ± 19.7^#	81.5 ± 16.7
School functioning	64.1 ± 19.1	66.9 ± 19.3^#	71.8 ± 18.5

# means P < 0.05 compared with before operation, * means P < 0.05 compared with 3 months after operation

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