Psychosocial well-being in postpartum women with congenital heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improved treatment options for congenital heart disease (CHD) lead to a growing number of women with CHD at reproductive age. Due to physical and psychological burden, pregnancies in women with CHD often count for high-risk. Resulting emotional distress can adversely impact pregnancy, motherhood and fetal health. The present study aims to retrospectively investigate mental outcomes and indices of adjustment in women with CHD before, during and after pregnancy. The novel concept of illness identity is applied to explain how patients experience and integrate their CHD into their identities.

Methods

Patient-reported outcome measures on mental functioning and illness identity were assessed in a sample of 121 postpartum women with CHD [mean age: 42.7±9.2 (range, 27-81)

SUBMITTER: Freiberger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9412213 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature