Early growth trajectory is associated with psychological stress in parents of infants with congenital heart disease, but moderated by quality of partner relationship.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore the relationships between growth trajectory, parenting stress and parent post-traumatic stress (PTS), in infants with congenital heart disease, and the moderating role of parents' dyadic adjustment on those associations.

Design and methods

A secondary analysis of data from the REACH Telehalth home monitoring multi-site randomized clinical trial. Parents completed the Parenting Stress Index (PSI), Post-traumatic diagnostic scale, and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to examine the associations of interest.

Results

During 4-month follow-up after hospital discharge, parents of infants with 'Never recovered' and 'Partially recovered' growth trajectories had 2-5 times higher odds of experiencing higher stress

SUBMITTER: Lisanti AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106376 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature