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January 18, 2018Journal of Clinical NursingOpen Access

“There's no acknowledgement of what this does to people”: A qualitative exploration of mental health among parents of children with critical congenital heart defects

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Population

25 participants, including 15 parents of children with critical congenital heart defects and 10 providers.

Design

Other

Authors

SWSarah E. Woolf‐KingEAEmily A. ArnoldSWSandra J. Weiss

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Overview

Integrating psychological services into paediatric cardiology appears feasible; leaves open effects on parental and child outcomes.

Structured PICO

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Population
25 participants, including 15 parents of children with critical congenital heart defects and 10 providers.
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Intervention
Semi-structured in-depth interviews (qualitative study)
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Outcome
Psychological impact of parenting a child with critical congenital heart defect and feasibility/acceptability of integrating psychological servicespatient reported

Integrating mental health services into routine pediatric cardiology care is endorsed by both parents and providers as a necessary and practical approach to support families of children with critical congenital heart defects.

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Woolf‐King et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a76ae76f9f30832d20615fchttps://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14275
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