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Cognitive, and behavioural and emotional functioning of young children awaiting elective cardiac surgery or catheter intervention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Elisabeth M.W.J. Utens ,
Herma J. Versluis-Den Bieman ,
Maarten Witsenburg ,
Ad J.J.C. Bogers ,
Frank C. Verhulst  and
John Hess
Elisabeth M.W.J. Utens
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Herma J. Versluis-Den Bieman
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Maarten Witsenburg
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Frank C. Verhulst
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
John Hess
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Deutches Herzzentrum, München, Germany
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Abstract

Aims: To assess the cognitive, and behavioural and emotional functioning of children aged 3 months to 7 years shortly before elective cardiac surgery or elective interventional catheterisation. Methods: We used the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, and the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities, to measure cognitive functioning. The Child Behavior Checklist was used to assess behavioural and emotional problems. Results: We found no significant differences in mean cognitive scores for children scheduled for cardiac surgery or interventional catheterisation when compared with reference groups. This was also the case for children awaiting cardiac surgery as opposed to those awaiting interventional catheterisation, and for those below as compared to those above the age of 2.5 years. Overall, our results regarding behavioural and emotional functioning were comparable to those of normative reference groups. The only difference found was that the children scheduled for cardiac surgery and aged from 2 to 3 years had significantly higher scores on the Child Behavior Checklist than did peers from normative groups. Conclusion: Cognitive, and behavioural and emotional functioning, both for young children awaiting elective cardiac surgery and interventional catheterisation, can be considered as quite favourable.

Keywords

congenital heart diseasepsychologyintelligencechildren
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , March 2001 , pp. 153 - 160
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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