ong-term lung function, exercise endurance, participation and quality of life in congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Completed
- Conditions
- 10038686congenital diaphragmatic herniadiaphragmatic defect
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 103
Inclusion Criteria
congenital diaphragmatic hernia born between 1975 and 1986
participant in cohort studied in 1992-1994
matched controls studied in the same cohort study 1992-1994
Exclusion Criteria
refusal to participate
physical or mental disorder leading to inability to perform lung function tests and exercise endurance test adequately
serious comorbidity
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Lung function parameters<br /><br>o Lung volumes and lung clearance index<br /><br>o Airway patency<br /><br>o Diffusion capacity of the lung<br /><br>o Exhalized NO-concentration<br /><br><br /><br>Exercise endurance<br /><br>o Cardiovascular and pulmonary function dependent exercise endurance<br /><br>o Neuromuscular strength<br /><br>o Body composition </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>-Fatigue<br /><br>-Pulmonary problems<br /><br>-Gastroesophageal reflux complaints<br /><br>-Participation<br /><br>-Quality of Life<br /><br>-Daily physical activity</p><br>