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Behavioural and emotional problems in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Elisabeth M. W. J. Utens ,
Frank C. Verhulst ,
Folkert J. Meijboom ,
Hugo J. Duivenvoorden ,
Rudolph A. M. Erdman ,
Egbert Bos ,
Jos T. C. Roelandt  and
John Hess
Elisabeth M. W. J. Utens*
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Paediatric Cardiology of the Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Cardiology and Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Frank C. Verhulst
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Paediatric Cardiology of the Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Cardiology and Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Folkert J. Meijboom
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Paediatric Cardiology of the Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Cardiology and Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hugo J. Duivenvoorden
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Paediatric Cardiology of the Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Cardiology and Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rudolph A. M. Erdman
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Paediatric Cardiology of the Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Cardiology and Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Egbert Bos
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Paediatric Cardiology of the Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Cardiology and Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jos T. C. Roelandt
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Paediatric Cardiology of the Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Cardiology and Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
John Hess
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Department of Paediatric Cardiology of the Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Cardiology and Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor F. C. Verhulst, Department of Child Psychiatry, Sophia Children's Hospital, Gordelweg 160, 3038 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Synopsis

Behavioural/emotional problems were assessed at least nine years after surgical correction for congenital heart disease (ConHD) in childhood. Parents of 144 10–15-year-old ConHD-children completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and 179, 11–17-year-old, ConHD-adolescents completed the Youth Self-Report (YSR). On the CBCL and YSR ConHD-children and adolescents obtained significantly higher problem scores than same-aged peers from normative reference groups. No significant differences were found between problem scores for different cardiac diagnostic groups. A negative correlation was found between CBCL total problem scores and IQ-scores of ConHD-children; for YSR total problem scores no such relationship was found.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , May 1993 , pp. 415 - 424
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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