Psychological Distress and Its Associated Factors Among Parents of Children With Congenital Heart Disease: A Cross-Sectional Mixed Method Study at the National Cardiothoracic Center, Ghana
The prevalence of psychological distress was quite high among parents of children with congenital heart disease in Ghana and was associated with both parent and patient factors. Psychosocial care should be integrated into the clinical health services of this group of patients and their parents to improve psychological health outcomes.
Authors
- Swithin Mustapha Swaray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6965-7110)
- George Ekem‐Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9293-6812)
- John Tetteh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1986-4103)
- Nana-Akyaa Yao
- Mark Tettey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1354-5483)
- Kow Entsua-Mensah
- Innocent I. Adzamli
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/21501351241254823
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16