title: Evaluation of depression and anxiety in parents of children undergoing cardiac catheterization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine pre-procedure depression and anxiety levels among a group of parents whose children had congenital heart disease and were undergoing angiography.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study comprised parents of 73 congenital heart disease patients undergoing angiography. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used to evaluate the depression and anxiety scores.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-one patients (83.6%) had acyanotic congenital heart disease, and 25 patients (34.2%) were undergoing diagnostic angiography. BDI scores among the mothers determined that 8 (11%) had mild, 14 (19.2%) moderate, and 10 (13.7%) severe depression. Their BAI scores showed that 16 (21.9%) had mild, 8 (11%) moderate, and 13 (17.8%) severe anxiety. BDI scores for the fathers showed that 12 (16.4%) had mild, 10 (13.7%) moderate, and 8 (11%) severe depression. Their BAI scores showed that 12 (16.4%) had mild, 10 (13.7%) moderate, and 8 (11%) severe anxiety. A comparison of mothers of cyanotic patients and those of acyanotic patients in terms of depression and anxiety levels revealed a statistically significant difference (p=0.050 and 0.043, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Angiography was associated with increased levels of depression and anxiety in parents of children with congenital heart diseases. In comparison to parents of patients with acyanotic congenital heart disease, mothers of patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease had significantly higher levels of depression and anxiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Üzger
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gaziantep Unversity Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Başpınar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Feridun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bülbül
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gaziantep Unversity Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kılınç
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D057234:Preoperative Period; D011594:Psychometrics; D014421:Turkey