APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Parental Stress, Coping, and Emotional Well-Being When Children Have Critical Congenital Heart Defects
- Megan Kozak
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital - Andrea Goard
Nationwide Children's Hospital - Abigail Decipeda
Nationwide Children's Hospital - May Ling Mah
Nationwide Children's Hospital - May Ling Mah
The Ohio State University, College of Medicine - Jamie Jackson
Nationwide Children's Hospital - Jamie Jackson
The Ohio State University, College of Medicine - Kathryn Vannatta
The Ohio State University, College of Medicine - Kathryn Vannatta
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Abstract
Surgical advances have dramatically reduced mortality for critical congenital heart defects (CHD), yet significant gaps exist in what we know about the broader development of the growing number of long-term survivors. Our research investigates the related stress and emotional distress in parents of children with CHD.
Stress