Clinical trial NCT03255850: The Impact of Congenital Heart Disease on the Psychological Well Being and Quality of Life in the Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
Official title: The Impact of Congenital Heart Disease on the Psychological Well Being and Quality of Life in the Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Congenital Heart Disease
Keywords: adolescents
quality of life
psychological well-being
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-08-21
Enrollment: 96
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 12
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: 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 .

Brief summary: This study aims to examine the psychological well-being and QoL of Hong Kong Chinese adolescents with CHD by

* comparing the self-esteem level, depressive symptoms, and quality of life of adolescents suffering from CHD with healthy norms and cancer survivors.
* identifying possible factors affecting the quality of life of adolescents suffering from CHD.

Detailed description: 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* pediatric patients with congenital heart disease
* aged at 12-17 years old
* fluent in Cantonese and able to read Chinese

Exclusion Criteria:

* pediatrics with major developmental delay or having significant co-morbid medical condition
* visiting because of altering in clinical condition
* having acquired heart disease or non-structural heart disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: Health related quality of life
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-esteem
timeFrame: 1-day
measure: Depressive symptoms
timeFrame: 1-day
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: The University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Hong Kong
name: Ho Cheung William Li
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: So SCY, Li WHC, Ho KY. The impact of congenital heart disease on the psychological well-being and quality of life of Hong Kong Chinese adolescents: A cross-sectional study. J Clin Nurs. 2019 Sep;28(17-18):3158-3167. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14864. Epub 2019 Apr 21.