ReviewJournal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community2020
Impact of congenital heart disease on siblings: A review.
Review in Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- A qualitative meta-analysis on the lived experience of siblings of persons with mental illness.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Siblings of Persons with Disabilities: A Systematic Integrative Review of the Empirical Literature.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Instruments Assessing Psychosocial Adaptation and Outcomes Among Families of Children With Congenital Heart Disease.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Supporting siblings of children with chronic medical conditions: a systematic review.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2026Article
- Longer-term experiences of families of children with dextro-transposition of the great arteries: a qualitative study.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Sibling psychopathology as a mediator between disability in youth with chronic physical illness and sibling Health-Related quality of life.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Siblings of young children with congenital heart disease: parent perspectives from a crowdsourcing study.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2026Article
- Mental Health Care for Children with Heart Disease and Their Families: Practical Approaches and Considerations for the Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiology Clinician.Pediatric cardiology · 2025Review
- Daily life situations and participation of siblings of children with childhood-onset disabilities: a scoping review.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Queens of hearts: Exploring the lived experiences of mothers caring for infants with complex congenital heart disease in Sri Lanka.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
- Prioritizing family-centered developmental care: insights from parents of children with critical congenital heart disease: a qualitative study.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Examining emotional and behavioural trajectories in siblings of children with life-limiting conditions.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Cost-utility analysis of prenatal diagnosis of congenital cardiac diseases using deep learning.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2024Article
- Psychological Impact of a Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease on Parents: Is It Time for Tailored Psychological Support?Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Review
- Becoming a Teenager after Early Surgical Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Repair: Longitudinal Biopsychological Data on Mental Health and Maternal Involvement.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Association Between Children With Life-Threatening Conditions and Their Parents' and Siblings' Mental and Physical Health.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Sibling Relationships of Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Experiences of siblings of children with congenital heart disease during Coronavirus disease 2019; A qualitative interview study.Journal of pediatric nursingArticle
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect. Little is known of the impact of having a sibling with CHD. Available literature documents negative impact of having a sibling with other chronic conditions. This literature review considers empirical evidence investigating the impact of having a sibling with CHD. Twelve databases were searched, and 202 articles retrieved. Eleven articles met the inclusion criteria and were subject to data extraction, quality appraisal, and narrative synthesis. Three themes emerged: changes in normal life, impact on siblings, and factors affecting the extent of impact on siblings. Only one intervention study was identified, 5 of 10 studies were conducted over 20 years ago, and only 4 studies included children as participants. Evidence suggests siblings of children with CHD experience adverse life changes which lead to negative impacts in several domains. Evidence is inconclusive regarding mitigating factors of these impacts. Further research is needed to understand the experiences of being a sibling of a child with CHD.
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