ArticleJournal of pediatric psychology2023
Trajectories of Maternal and Paternal Psychological Distress After Fetal Diagnosis of Moderate-Severe Congenital Heart Disease.
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- Congenital Heart Diseases and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: New Insights Through the DOHaD Hypothesis.JACC. Basic to translational science · 2025Review
- Prenatal Psychosocial Distress Screening for Individuals Experiencing Pregnancies Complicated by Fetal Anomalies.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of the Fetal Echocardiogram on Maternal Depression and Well-Being.Pediatric cardiology · 2025Observational
- Parenting stress in infancy was associated with neurodevelopment in 24-month-old children with congenital heart disease.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
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- Nurse-guided Mobile Health Care Program to Reduce Emotional Distress Experienced by Parents of Infants Prenatally Diagnosed with Critical Congenital Heart Disease: A Pilot Study.Progress in pediatric cardiology · 2024Article
- The impact of early surgical ventricular septal defect repair on parenting behavior and mother-child relationship: a prospective longitudinal study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- An mHealth, patient engagement approach to understand and address parents' mental health and caregiving needs after prenatal diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- Long-Term Effects of Child Early Surgical Ventricular Septal Defect Repair on Maternal Stress.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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objectiveThe aim of this study was to compare trajectories of maternal and paternal psychological distress after prenatal diagnosis of fetal moderate-severe congenital heart disease (CHD), from pregnancy through early-mid infancy.
methodsPregnant women who received a prenatal diagnosis of fetal moderate-severe CHD, and their partners, were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal study. Symptoms of psychological distress were measured twice during pregnancy and twice after birth, using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-42). Patterns and predictors of psychological distress were examined using generalized hierarchical linear modeling.
resultsPsychological distress was present in 42% (18/43) of mothers and 22% (8/36) of fathers at least once during the study. The rates of distress did not differ between mothers and fathers. There was also no change in probability of distress over time or difference in distress trajectories between mothers and fathers. However, individual trajectories demonstrated considerable variability in symptoms for both mothers and fathers. Predictors of psychological distress included low social support for mothers and a history of mental health conditions for fathers.
conclusionsParents who receive a prenatal diagnosis of fetal CHD commonly report symptoms of psychological distress from the time of diagnosis through early-mid infancy and display highly variable trajectories. These data suggest that early and repeated psychological screening is important once a fetal CHD diagnosis is made and that providing mental health and social support to parents may be an important component of their ongoing care.
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