The Living Experience of Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents With CHD.
- Conditions
- Quality of LifeCongenital Heart DiseaseChineseAdolescentPsychological Well-being
- Registration Number
- NCT03677232
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Brief Summary
This study aims to explore the impacts of CHD and its limitations on adolescents and the living experience of adolescents living with CHD.
Hong Kong Chinese adolescents with CHD are having reduced psychological well-being and quality of life than their healthy counterparts. Qualitative study is therefore needed to explore how CHD may impact on the adolescents' psychological well-being and quality of life.
- Detailed Description
A qualitative study was adopted. Purposive sampling of 30 adolescents with CHD were done. Thematic analysis was used for data analysis. The participants unfold negative impacts of CHD and its treatments, and the challenges they were facing with their relationship with others.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
- Hong Kong Chinese adolescents
- aged 12 to 18
- able to read and write Chinese
- attending outpatient clinic of Department of Pediatric Cardiology
- adolescents with non-structural heart disease
- with developmental delay or comorbid medical conditions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method living experience of adolescents with CHD 1 day Participants were asked to describe their living experiences with CHD and how has CHD affected their quality of life and psychological well-being during the semi-structure interview.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Hong Kong
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡°Hong Kong, Hong Kong