An observational study in Congenital Heart Disease, sponsored by The University of Hong Kong. Completed at 1 site in Hong Kong. Open to participants aged 12 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-09-21.
Sponsored by The University of Hong Kong · Observational
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This study aims to examine the psychological well-being and QoL of Hong Kong Chinese adolescents with CHD by
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common type of congenital malformation in the world with birth prevalence as 8 per 1000 live births. Survival rate has been drastically improved as a result of improvement in surgical treatments and intensive care but adolescents with CHD still suffer from limitations on their psychological functioning and restrained quality of life. Number of evidences have indicated that adolescents with CHD experience more depressive symptoms and lower self-esteem level than their healthy counterparts. In addition, adolescents with CHD are more prone to develop emotional and behavioral problems than their healthy norms. Given the above issues, It is imperative for nurses to develop psychological interventions to promote psychological well-being among adolescents with CHD, with the goal of improving their quality of life. There have been increasing concerns worldwide on the quality of life of such population especially on how does the disease pose threats on their daily living. However, at present, there is no study examining how does CHD affect the psychological well-being and quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents. It is explicit that Hong Kong has a distinctively different cultural context from that of the West. Hence, the effects of CHD and its treatments are likely to differ markedly in the two regions .To conclude, results of previous studies from the West may not fit into Hong Kong Chinese cultural context.
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Pediatric with congenital heart disease, aged at 12-17 years old, fluent in Cantonese and are attending the day centre and specialized outpatient sector of Department of Pediatric Cardiology in Queen Mary Hospital .
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Adolescents with CHD are required to complete the Chinese version of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL), Center for Epidemiological Studies -Depression Scale (CES-DC) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
Data of healthy control who completed the Chinese version of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL), Center for Epidemiological Studies -Depression Scale (CES-DC) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) are retrieved from previous studies.
Data of childhood cancer survivors who completed the Chinese version of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL), Center for Epidemiological Studies -Depression Scale (CES-DC) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) are retrieved from previous studies.
Health related quality of life
Quality of life is measured by Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL) which aims at measuring patient's perceptions of the patient's HRQOL in various aspects namely the impact of disease and treatment on an individual's physical functioning(8 items ), emotional functioning(5 items), social functioning(5 items), and school functioning(5 items). The 5-point Likert scale is used for indicating the frequency of a problem has been during the past one month ,0=never a problem, 1=almost never a problem, 2=sometimes a problem, 3=often a problem and 4=almost always a problem. The PedsQL core scales can be completed within 10-15 minutes. Reversed scoring will be used to evaluate the items and linear transformed into 0-100 scale, thus higher PedsQL scores represents greater HRQOL.
Time frame: 1 day
Self-esteem
Self-esteem level is measured by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). It consists of
Time frame: 1-day
Depressive symptoms
Depressive symptoms is measured by The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Time frame: 1-day
Plan to share: No
Ran from Aug 2017 to primary completion in Aug 2018, 12 months.
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