title: Behavioural and emotional problems in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Utens
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Verhulst
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Meijboom
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Duivenvoorden
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Erdman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bos
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Roelandt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: 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