Population
150 adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease followed in a tertiary hospital in Portugal.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May inform targeted psychosocial screening in complex/surgical CHD; leaves open longitudinal validation and intervention trials.
While adolescents and young adults with CHD generally report better QOL than the general population, those with complex disease, prior surgeries, physical limitations, and poor social support are at higher risk for worse psychosocial adjustment and QOL.
Areias et al. (2013) studied this question.
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