Behavioural and emotional problems in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease.
Behavioural/emotional problems were assessed at least nine years after surgical correction for congenital heart disease (ConHD) in childhood. Parents of 144 10-15-year-old ConHD-children completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and 179, 11-17-year-old, ConHD-adolescents completed the Youth Self-Report (YSR). On the CBCL and YSR ConHD-children and adolescents obtained significantly higher problem scores than same-aged peers from normative reference groups. No significant differences were found between problem scores for different cardiac diagnostic groups. A negative correlation was found between CBCL total problem scores and IQ-scores of ConHD-children; for YSR total problem scores no such relationship was found.
Utens
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EM
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Verhulst
F C
FC
Meijboom
F J
FJ
Duivenvoorden
H J
HJ
Erdman
R A
RA
Bos
E
E
Roelandt
J T
JT
Hess
J
J
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012803:Sick Role; D012917:Social Adjustment