Family Socioeconomic Status and Neurodevelopment Among Patients With Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Data are limited on the longitudinal implications of socioeconomic status (SES) for neurodevelopmental outcomes among persons with complex congenital heart disease (CHD).

Objectives

To examine the association of family SES, maternal educational level, and maternal IQ with the neurodevelopment of individuals with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) from age 1 to 16 years and to identify how SES-related disparities change with age.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study analyzed data of participants enrolled in the Boston Circulatory Arrest Study, a randomized clinical trial conducted in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1988 to 1992. Participants were infants with d-TGA who underwent arterial switch operation and, after operation, under

SUBMITTER: Cassidy AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11577140 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature