ADHD symptomatology of children with congenital heart disease 10 years after cardiac surgery: the role of age at operation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the present study was to investigate the differences in ADHD symptomatology between healthy controls and children who underwent cardiac surgery at different ages.

Methods

Altogether, 133 children (54 patients with congenital heart disease undergoing first cardiac surgery under 3 years of age, 26 operated at the age of 3 or later, and 53 healthy controls) were examined. Patients completed the Youth Self Report (YSR), while their parents completed the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and the ADHD Rating Scale-IV.

Results

Children receiving surgery for the first time under the age of 3 years were more likely diagnosed with cyanotic type malformation and have undergone to a greater number of operations. However, ADHD symptoms of those treated surgica

SUBMITTER: Czobor NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8223303 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature