Oscar Werner1, Fedoua El Louali2, Virginie Fouilloux3, Pascal Amedro1,4, Caroline Ovaert2,5
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.5, pp. 778-784, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12777
Abstract Objective: Medical information provided to parents of a child with a congenital heart
disease can induce major stress. Visual analog scales have been validated to assess
anxiety in the adult population. The aim of this study was to analyze parental anxiety
using a visual analog scale and to explore the influencing factors.
Design: This prospective cross‐sectional study.
Setting: Tertiary care regional referral center for congenital heart disease of
Marseille—La Timone university hospital.
Patients: Parents of children with a congenital heart disease, as defined by the ACC‐
CHD classification, referred for cardiac surgery or interventional cardiac catheterization, were offered to… More >