PMID- 32149405 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210708 LR - 20210708 IS - 1097-4679 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9762 (Linking) VI - 76 IP - 9 DP - 2020 Sep TI - Prevalence and predictors of psychological distress in congenital heart disease patients. PG - 1705-1718 LID - 10.1002/jclp.22948 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine psychological distress in congenital heart disease (CHD) patients. METHODS: Cross-sectional study among consecutive CHD patients recruited from a single hospital outpatient clinic to determine anxiety and depression according to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaire. RESULTS: One hundred and sixty-nine CHD patients [29 (19-39) years old, 100 (59%) males] were studied. A total of 25% and 9% of CHD patients showed anxiety and depression symptoms, respectively. Patients with an HADS score >/= 8 had a significantly worse New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, needed more psychological support, had more mental health history, and took more anxiolytic/antidepressant medication than the CHD patients with an HADS score below 8. A worse NYHA functional class [OR, 1.88 (1.01-3.52)] proved to be a predictor of a borderline/abnormal HADS score. CONCLUSION: Psychological distress has a high prevalence among CHD patients and having an NYHA Class II and III is a significant predictor of an HADS score >/= 8. CI - (c) 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Martinez-Quintana, Efren AU - Martinez-Quintana E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1289-7279 AD - Cardiology Service, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. AD - Medical and Surgical Sciences Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. FAU - Girolimetti, Angela AU - Girolimetti A AD - Medical and Surgical Sciences Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. FAU - Jimenez-Rodriguez, Sara AU - Jimenez-Rodriguez S AD - Medical and Surgical Sciences Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. FAU - Fraguela-Medina, Carla AU - Fraguela-Medina C AD - Medical and Surgical Sciences Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. FAU - Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Fayna AU - Rodriguez-Gonzalez F AD - Ophthalmology Service, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. FAU - Tugores, Antonio AU - Tugores A AD - Research Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200309 PL - United States TA - J Clin Psychol JT - Journal of clinical psychology JID - 0217132 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Female MH - Heart Defects, Congenital/*psychology/therapy MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Prevalence MH - *Psychological Distress MH - Risk Factors MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - anxiety OT - congenital heart disease OT - depression OT - observational descriptive study OT - quality of life EDAT- 2020/03/10 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/09 06:00 CRDT- 2020/03/10 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/10 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jclp.22948 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Psychol. 2020 Sep;76(9):1705-1718. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22948. Epub 2020 Mar 9.