SynthesisCongenital heart disease
Emotional functioning of adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease: a meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Congenital heart disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03035552 (Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Oral Feeding Outcomes in Infants With Complex Congenital Heart Disease Using Pacifier Activated Device-Training With Mother's Voice), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Oral Feeding Outcomes in Infants With Complex Congenital Heart Disease Using Pacifier Activated Device-Training With Mother's Voice
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Health and Well-Being in Surviving Congenital Heart Disease Patients: An Umbrella Review With Synthesis of Best Evidence.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Health-Related Quality of Life in Children, Adolescents, and Adults With a Fontan Circulation: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Pooled it
- Understanding the Biopsychosocial Landscape of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2026Article
- Beyond Rhythm Control: Health-Related Quality of Life and Attention-Behavioral Outcomes After Catheter Ablation in Children with Supraventricular Tachycardia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bridging communication gaps to improve adult congenital heart disease care: patient perspectives from a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Identifying the educational needs of nurses caring for adults with congenital heart disease: A scoping review protocol.PloS one · 2026Article
- Never enough: bridging the gap between evidence and facts in the neurodevelopmental assessment of congenital heart disease children.Pediatric research · 2026Article
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- A Novel Mental Health Curriculum Pilot for Pediatric Cardiology Fellows: Preparing the Subspecialist to Expand the Team.Pediatric cardiology · 2025Review
- Psychometric properties of the NIH Toolbox Cognition and Emotion Batteries among children and adolescents with congenital heart defects.Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence · 2024Article
- Advances in Managing Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Practical Approach to Transition Program Design: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Review
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression among adults with congenital heart defects.Birth defects research · 2022Article
- Sense of coherence and quality of life in adolescents with heart disease.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2022Article
- Brain volumes in adults with congenital heart disease correlate with executive function abilities.Brain imaging and behavior · 2021Article
- Quality of life and health status of hospitalized adults with congenital heart disease in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021Article
- Adolescents and Young Adults Living with Congenital Heart Disease: Coping, Stress Reactivity, and Emotional Functioning.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2018Article
- The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale is an adequate screening instrument for depression and anxiety disorder in adults with congential heart disease.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2017Article
- Limitations, depressive symptoms, and quality of life among a population-based sample of young adults with congenital heart defects.Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology · 2016Article
- Perceptions of Disease-Related Stress: A Key to Better Understanding Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Survivors of Congenital Heart Disease.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to quantitatively compare findings of emotional functioning across studies of adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) through meta-analysis.
designThe current meta-analysis included 22 studies of adolescent and adult survivors of CHD who completed measures of emotional functioning. Effect sizes were represented by Hedge's g. Heterogeneity was calculated and possible moderators (i.e., lesion severity, age, study location, study quality) were examined.
resultsOverall, adolescent and adult survivors of CHD did not differ in emotional functioning from healthy controls or normative data. However, significant heterogeneity was found, and there was a trend for degree of lesion severity to moderate emotional functioning. Further analysis of lesion severity indicated that individuals with moderate lesions reported better emotional functioning than controls/normative data. Limitations in existing literature precluded examination of patient age as a moderator. Study location and quality did not explain a significant portion of the variance in effects.
conclusionsFindings suggest that differences in emotional functioning may exist across lesion severities, and individuals with moderately severe lesions are emotionally thriving. Given the diversity within CHD lesion classifications, future studies should include other indicators of disease severity, such as measures of morbidity, to determine how disease may affect emotional functioning among survivors of CHD. Furthermore, authors and journals need to ensure that research is reported in enough detail to facilitate meta-analysis, a critically important tool in answering discrepancies in the literature.
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