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- Title
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children with surgically corrected Ventricular Septal Defect, Transposition of the Great Arteries, and Tetralogy of Fallot.
- Authors
Holst, Line M.; Kronborg, Jonas B.; Jepsen, Jens R. M.; Christensen, Jette Ø.; Vejlstrup, Niels G.; Juul, Klaus; Bjerre, Jesper V.; Bilenberg, Niels; Ravn, Hanne B.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Children with complex CHD are at risk for psychopathology such as severe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms after congenital heart surgery.<bold>Objective: </bold>The aim of this study was to investigate if children with Ventricular Septal Defect, Transposition of Great Arteries, or Tetralogy of Fallot have an increased occurrence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms compared with the background population and to investigate differences between the three CHDs in terms of occurrence and appearance of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms.<bold>Method: </bold>A national register-based survey was conducted, including children aged 10-16 years with surgically corrected CHDs without genetic abnormalities and syndromes. The Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-Rating Scale questionnaires were filled in by parents and school teachers.<bold>Results: </bold>In total, 159 out of 283 questionnaires were completed among children with CHDs and compared with age- and sex-matched controls. Children with CHDs had significantly increased inattention scores (p = 0.009) and total attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder scores (p = 0.008) compared with controls. Post hoc analyses revealed that children with Tetralogy of Fallot had significantly higher inattention scores compared with children both with Ventricular Septal Defect (p = 0.043) and controls (p = 0.004).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and inattention symptoms were significantly more frequent among children aged 10-16 years with CHDs, in particular in children with corrected Tetralogy of Fallot.
- Subjects
DENMARK; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; TRANSPOSITION of great vessels; SYMPTOMS; TETRALOGY of Fallot; VENTRICULAR septal defects; CARDIAC surgery; TEACHERS; CASE-control method; REGRESSION analysis; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Cardiology in the Young, 2020, Vol 30, Issue 2, p180
- ISSN
1047-9511
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S1047951119003184