Key result
Integrating psychocardiology improves quality of life and manages psychosocial challenges in adult congenital heart disease.
Integrating specialized psychocardiology services into the care of adults with congenital heart disease is crucial for managing their unique psychosocial challenges and improving overall quality of life.
May support psychocardiology integration in adult congenital heart disease care; leaves open confirmation in prospective trials.
When it comes to the role of the clinical psychology in the cardiac settings, or psychocardiology, there is often a focus on acquired cardiac illnesses in the rehabilitation settings. However, the increase of adults with congenital heart disease due to technological advances in cardiology and cardiac surgery have created a new emergency. It is thus necessary to reflect upon the elements of psychocardiology adapting them to this new population, also when it comes to interventional hospital settings of cardiology and cardiac surgery. This perspective article is an effort in this direction.
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Edward Callus (2010) conducted a review in Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). Psychocardiology and clinical psychology interventions was evaluated. The integration of psychocardiology and specialized psychological interventions is crucial for managing the complex psychosocial challenges and improving the quality of life in adults with congenital heart disease.
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