Attentional development is altered in toddlers with congenital heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is the most common congenital abnormality. Survival rates are over 90%, however infants with CHD remain at high risk of attention and executive function impairments. These abilities are difficult to assess in toddlers because clinical assessments rely on language abilities which are commonly delayed in CHD. Our aim was to characterise visual attention in toddlers with CHD compared to controls and identify associations with parent-rated effortful control.

Methods

Thirty toddlers with CHD (19 male, median (IQR) age at assessment 22.2 (22-23.1) months) and 66 controls from the developing human connectome project (36 male, age at assessment 22 (21.5-23.8) months) using eye-tracking tasks designed to assess multiple components of visual a

SUBMITTER: Bonthrone AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11472800 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature