From Illness to Resilience: Mediating Factors of Quality of Life in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease.
Fernanda MoedasFilipa NunesPaula BritoAna BessaSara Espírito SantoSara SoaresMarisa PereiraVictor VianaBruno PeixotoJoana Oliveira MirandaJosé Carlos AreiasMaria Emília G AreiasPublished in: Reviews in cardiovascular medicine (2023)
Our findings indicate that patients with more severe and cyanotic CHD generally require more surgical interventions, which may increase the risk of negative outcomes and affect patients' perception of QoL. These results have important implications for healthcare providers and psychologists who work with childhood CHD patients.