ReviewCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy2018
Current research status on the psychological situation of adults with congenital heart disease.
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- What Do We Know About Young Adult Cardiac Patients' Experience? A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- Congenital Heart Defects and Mental Health: Stress, Psychological Treatment Use, and COVID-19-Related Burden in Young Patients-Lessons from the P-BAHn Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Mental Health Treatment in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease in Germany: An Online, Cross-Sectional Study of Status, Needs, and Treatment Reasons.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Article
- Psychiatric and Psychological Implications of Congenital Heart Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Mediation role of health behaviours in the relation between mental resilience and cardiovascular risk in young adults with a diagnosed congenital heart defect.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Effects of meditation on health promoting protective factors of persons with cardiovascular disease-a quasi-experimental pilot study with pre-post comparison.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2024Article
- Continuous Long-Term Assessment of Heart Rate Variability in Adults with Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease after Surgical Repair.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- PATHFINDER-CHD: prospective registry on adults with congenital heart disease, abnormal ventricular function, and/or heart failure as a foundation for establishing rehabilitative, prehabilitative, preventive, and health-promoting measures: rationale, aims, design and methods.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
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- Unraveling Anxiety in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Untrodden Paths.JACC. Advances · 2023Article
- Psychosocial well-being in postpartum women with congenital heart disease.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2022Article
- Erectile Dysfunction in Men With Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Prevalent but Neglected Issue.Korean circulation journal · 2022Article
- Videoconference-delivered Mind-Body Resiliency Training in Adults with congenital heart disease: A pilot feasibility trial.International journal of cardiology. Congenital heart disease · 2022Article
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- Health Care Policy and Congenital Heart Disease: 2020 Focus on Our 2030 Future.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- 'Well-being paradox' revisited: a cross-sectional study of quality of life in over 4000 adults with congenital heart disease.BMJ open · 2021Observational
- Systematic assessment of health care perception in adults with congenital heart disease in Germany.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2021Article
- Proposed method for evaluation and categorization of functional capacity of children, adolescents, and adults with cardiac diseases to bring them in existing social justice system by creating the cardiac disability criteria.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2020Article
- Assessment of the Psychological Situation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Challenges for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Defects/Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease and What They Need: Perspectives From Patients, Parents and Health Care Providers at the Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute), Malaysia.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Due to technological and medical advances the population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) is growing. Worldwide, congenital heart disease (CHD) affects 1.35-1.5 million children each year and more than 90% reach adulthood. Given the heterogeneity of CHD, survivors are faced with not only complex medical but also psychological challenges which may manifest in mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder. This review focuses on the emotional dimension of CHD. More precisely, it summarizes the present state of research on the prevalence of emotional distress in ACHD. Theoretical models provide a framework for possible explanations of mental health issues in ACHD. Additionally, the review examines the relation between psychological processes and overall health considering the latest scientific findings on coping with chronic illness (illness identity). There is still insufficient knowledge on the psychosocial treatment of mental health issues in the growing population of ACHD. This review suggests a vital need to further investigate the psychological situation of ACHD on a large-scale basis in order to establish a holistic treatment approach to accommodate the patients' special needs.
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