Psychological adjustment and quality of life in children and adolescents following open-heart surgery for congenital heart disease: a systematic review

• Egile Nagusiak: Bauersfeld Urs (Egilea), Fischer Joachim E (Egilea), Helfricht Susanne (Egilea), Latal Beatrice (Egilea), Landolt Markus A (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Children with congenital heart defects (CHD) requiring open-heart surgery are a group at high risk for health-related sequelae. Little consensus exists regarding their long-term psychological adjustment (PA) and health-related qualit...