Open AccessRole alteration predicts anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of infants with congenital heart disease: a pilot study
Author(s) -
Amy Jo Lisanti,
Aparna Kumar,
Ryan Quinn,
Jesse Chittams,
Barbara MedoffCooper,
Abigail C Demianczyk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cardiology in the young
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1467-1107
pISSN - 1047-9511
DOI - 10.1017/s1047951121001037
Subject(s) - stressor , medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , mental health , depressive symptoms , disease , clinical psychology , psychiatry , pediatrics , economics , macroeconomics
Parents of infants born with critical congenital heart disease are at risk for adverse mental health symptoms. The purpose of this study was to identify infant-, parent-, and environmental-based stressors for mothers and fathers after their infants' cardiac surgery, and to explore relationships between stressors and mental health symptoms of anxiety and depression.