Difficulty of Announcing Congenital Heart Disease in a Child in a Hospital Setting in our Context
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is synonymous with a frequent, serious, very long-lasting disease. It is necessary throughout the child's development phase and conditions his or her lifestyle. This is due on the one hand to the physical health problem, but also to the appearance of secondary psychological and social disorders, the possible course of the child's life conditions the quality of it, his future autonomy is therefore the total success of the treatment. The problems of the child and his or her family must be addressed in a comprehensive manner by the paediatrician and the attending physician, who must accompany them in facing the obstacles of society. The pediatric cardiotrician and the attending physician must inform the parents of the diagnosis, although it is difficult, and endeavour to give all the required information and clear, precise recommendations, adapted to the specific situation of the child. In this work we report a prospective study on a series of 51 children and their parents over a period of 5 months in a hospital setting, while performing a bibliographic search in the main search engines and research in the field of psychology.
Source: American Journal of Pediatrics
Authors: Soundousse Salimi, Angela Kibangou, Nisrine Marzouki, Chrislaine Moboula, Salima Hajjaji
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405008158