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Mothers of infants with congenital heart defects: well-being from pregnancy through the child’s first six months

verfasst von: Maria T. Grønning Dale, Øivind Solberg, Henrik Holmstrøm, Markus A. Landolt, Leif T. Eskedal, Margarete E. Vollrath

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 1/2012

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Abstract

Purpose

This study compared the well-being among mothers of children with congenital heart defects (CHD) with mothers of children without CHD (controls), at pregnancy and at 6 months postpartum.

Methods

We linked prospective data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, with a nationwide medical CHD registry. In the MoBa cohort of 61,456 mothers, we identified 212 mothers of infants with mild (n = 92), moderate (n = 50), or severe CHD (n = 70). Subjective well-being was operationalized by means of maternal life satisfaction, joy, and anger at the 30th week of gestation and at 6 months postpartum.

Results

Subjective well-being in mothers of children with CHD remained unchanged and similar to that of controls on satisfaction with life (P = 0.120) and feelings of joy (P = 0.065). However, at child age 6 months, mothers of infants with severe CHD reported slightly elevated feelings of anger compared with controls (P = 0.006).

Conclusions

Joy and life satisfaction remained intact among mothers of children with CHD. Yet, elevated feelings of anger in mothers of children with the most severe CHD suggest that they may experience more frustration.

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Titel: Mothers of infants with congenital heart defects: well-being from pregnancy through the child’s first six months
verfasst von: Maria T. Grønning Dale
Øivind Solberg
Henrik Holmstrøm
Markus A. Landolt
Leif T. Eskedal
Margarete E. Vollrath
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2012
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-011-9920-9

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