Factors Affecting Psychological and Health-Related Quality-of-Life Status in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Diseases

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ID15718636
AuthorsHao-Chuan Liu (0000-0003-3119-2204, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, corresponding author), Chung‐Hsien Chaou (0000-0002-3702-7499, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Chiao‐Wei Lo (Cathay General Hospital), Chiao-Wei Lo (Department of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei City 106, Taiwan), Hung‐Tao Chung (0000-0001-6760-8107, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Hung-Tao Chung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan), Mao‐Sheng Hwang (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Mao-Sheng Hwang (Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan)
Year2022
Volume9
Issue4
Pages578-578
Publication date2022-04-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children9040578
PMID35455622
OpenAlexW4224253805
LanguageEN
References cited44

Congenital heart disease (CHD), a severe cardiac defect in children, has unclear influences on young patients. We aimed to find the impacts of differently structure heart defects and various treatments on psychology and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in CHD children and adolescents. CHD patients aged between 6 and 18 years old visited our hospital from 1 May 2018 to 31 September 2018, and their principal caregivers were asked to participate. We used two validated questionnaires, Children Depression Inventory-TW (CDI-TW) and Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50 (CHQ-PF 50), to evaluate CHD patients' psychological and HRQoL conditions. Participants were grouped based on their cardiac defects and previous treatments. We analyzed the results via summary independent-samples t-test with post hoc Bonferroni correction and multivariant analysis. Two hundred and seventy-seven children and their principal caregivers were involved. There was no apparent depressive condition in any group. Single cardiac defect patients exhibited similar HRQoL to controls; simultaneously, those with cyanotic heart disease (CyHD), most multiple/complex CHDs children and adolescents, and those who received invasive treatments had poorer HRQoL. CyHD impacted the most on patients' psychological and HRQoL status. Patients with sole cardiac defect could live near-normal lifes; on the other hand, CyHD had the worst effects on patients' psychology and HRQoL

Developmental psychology · Quality of life (healthcare · Clinical Psychology · Congenital Heart Disease Studies · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Gerontology