Association between a novel adult congenital heart disease patient-reported outcome metric and New York heart association functional classification

Abstract

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are important for clinical care. As part of the Adults with Congenital Heart Disease International Study- II, we included an English language version of the novel adult congenital heart disease (ACHD)—specific PRO metric, the ACHD PRO, for distribution at English-speaking sites. We found that ACHD PRO scores correlate with New York Heart Association functional class, with an 11-point change in summary score reflecting a 1- category change in New York Heart Association class. These results provide further validation of the ACHD PRO as a tool and suggest clinically meaningful thresholds for differences in the ACHD PRO summary score.