Patients with univentricular heart in early childhood: parenting stress and child behaviour

Autor: Anne Sarajuuri, Eero Jokinen, F Schmitt, Tuula Lönnqvist, Fredrik Almqvist
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Acta Paediatrica. 101:252-257
ISSN: 0803-5253
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02509.x
Popis: Aims: To assess perceptions of child behaviour and parenting stress among the parents of young children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and other forms of functionally univentricular heart defects (UVH). Methods: As part of our prospective nation-wide neurodevelopmental follow-up study, the parents of 23 patients with HLHS, 14 with UVH and 46 healthy controls at the mean age of 18 months received the questionnaires Child Behavior Checklist and Parenting Stress Index. Results: The reported level of total parenting stress was significantly higher among the mothers (mean score 241 vs 205, p
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