Perspectives of Challenges in Counseling for Congenital Heart Defects.

ABSTRACT: Prior work regarding counseling patients about congenital heart defects (CHD) has focused on their perceptions about accurate communication of cardiac anatomy, and the emotional support received from the provider. The objectives of this study were to identify the additional CHD counseling-specific challenges and areas for future intervention, using a practical communication framework. This is a secondary analysis of qualitative data provided by caretakers of infants who received congenital heart surgery from 2019 to 2020 in the Chicagoland area. While the survey in the primary study pertained to barriers in obtaining prenatal diagnosis, respondents with both prenatal and postnatal diagnosis reported challenges to effective counseling. Qualitative data measuring counseling challenges were c

SUBMITTER: Woo JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11903537 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature