Sunhee Lee1 and Yu-Mi Im2
1The Catholic University of Korea, Korea 2Seoul Women�s College of Nursing, Korea
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care
Introduction: Parents of children with CHD tend to be more overprotective than parents of healthy children. These parenting tendencies may affect the QOL of adolescents with CHD. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore QOL in adolescents with CHD according to their perceptions of the parental rearing behaviors. Methods: This was a descriptive and exploratory study with 100 adolescents 13-19 years of age who recruited from a congenital heart clinic from July 22 to August 23, 2013. The QOL of adolescents and their perceptions of parental rearing behaviors were measured. We used hierarchical multiple regression analysis to explore the relationship between the perceptions of parental rearing behaviors and QOL by assigning perceived economic status and NYHA functional classification as covariates. PLS path model was used to demonstrate which types of parental rearing behaviors positively or negatively affect the QOL of adolescents with CHD. Results: The R2 change of 0.10 in the hierarchical linear regression analysis indicates that the perception of parental rearing behaviors affects QOL by 10% (p<0.05). PLS path modeling indicates that the QOL is positively affected by emotional warmth (p<0.01), and is negatively affected by control/overprotection (p<0.05). Conclusion: To improve the QOL of adolescents with CHD, effective parental rearing behaviors are as important factors as medical and surgical management. Therefore, it is important for healthcare providers such as general practitioners and cardiologists to develop greater awareness of factors impacting QOL beyond the hospital setting and to educate parents of CHD patients about effective parental rearing behaviors.
Email: shlee418@catholic.ac.kr
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