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Application of the WeChat platform in midterm follow-up after surgical repair of ventricular septal defects in infants

Part of: Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Wen-Peng Xie ,
Jian-Feng Liu ,
Yu-Qing Lei ,
Hua Cao Open the ORCID record for Hua Cao [Opens in a new window]  and
Qiang Chen Open the ORCID record for Qiang Chen [Opens in a new window]
Wen-Peng Xie
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Fuzhou, China Fujian Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, China Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China Fujian Key Laboratory of Women and Children’s Critical Diseases Research, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, China
Jian-Feng Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Fuzhou, China Fujian Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, China Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China Fujian Key Laboratory of Women and Children’s Critical Diseases Research, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, China
Yu-Qing Lei
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Fuzhou, China Fujian Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, China Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China Fujian Key Laboratory of Women and Children’s Critical Diseases Research, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, China
Hua Cao
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Fuzhou, China Fujian Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, China Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China Fujian Key Laboratory of Women and Children’s Critical Diseases Research, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, China
Qiang Chen*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Fuzhou, China Fujian Children’s Hospital, Fuzhou, China Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China Fujian Key Laboratory of Women and Children’s Critical Diseases Research, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, China
*
Author for correspondence: Qiang Chen, MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Branch of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Fuzhou, China. Tel: +86-0591-87501062; Fax: +0591-87501062. E-mail: chenqiang2228@163.com
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Abstract

Background:

To explore the feasibility and superiority of applying the WeChat platform in a midterm follow-up of surgical repair for ventricular septal defects in infants.

Methods:

Eighty-six infants with VSD who underwent surgical repair were divided into an outpatient follow-up group and a WeChat follow-up group. The clinical data, including complications, economic cost, time spent, loss to follow-up rate, and parents’ satisfaction at the 3-month and 1-year follow-ups, were recorded and analysed.

Results:

There was no significant difference in the incidence of post-operative complications between the two groups. Although the loss to follow-up rate in the WFU group was lower than that of the OFU group, the difference was not statistically significant. The economic cost and time spent in the 3 months and 1 year after discharge in the WFU group were significantly lower than those in the OFU group. One year after discharge, the PSQ-18 score of the WFU group was significantly higher than that of the OFU group.

Conclusion:

Compared with outpatient follow-up, the WeChat platform at the midterm follow-up after surgical repair of VSDs in infants has the advantages of saving time and economic costs and improves parents’ satisfaction.

Keywords

Follow-upVSDsurgerysocial media
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , May 2022 , pp. 728 - 731
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Wen-Peng Xie and Jian-Feng Liu are both first authors on this review with a shared first co-authorship.

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