Role alteration predicts anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of infants with congenital heart disease: a pilot study

Background: Parents of infants born with critical congenital heart disease are at risk for adverse mental health symptoms. The purpose of this study was to identify infant-, parent-, and environmental-based stressors for mothers and fathers after their infants’ cardiac surgery, and to explore relationships between stressors and mental health symptoms of anxiety and depression. Methods: This study enrolled 28 biological mother-father dyads from...