Summary:
All HRQOL components, except social and cognitive functioning, were significantly higher for control group infants and toddlers compared to those with CHD. more-inA study on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in infants and toddlers in the age group of one to 24 months with congenital heart disease has found that about one-third of infants and toddlers with uncorrected congenital heart disease (CHD) have a poorer quality of life. The study was published under the head Global Child Health in the British Medical Journal last month. The study was conducted by preparing a comprehensive questionnaire for parents, especially mothers of children with CHD. Psychosocial problems have been recognised as a hidden condition in paediatric healthcare related to CHD, said Dr.
Manu Raj, lead investigator of the study..