Does age at the time of elective cardiac surgery or catheter intervention in children influence the longitudinal development of psychological distress and styles of coping of parents?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 524-530

  Utens, Elisabeth M ^a,c   Versluis Den Bieman, Herma J ^a   Witsenburg, Maarten ^a   Bogers, Ad J J C ^a   Hess, John ^b   Verhulst, Frank C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Coping; Parents; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART CATHETER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037945597     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000951     Document Type: Article

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