Illness identity in adults with congenital heart disease: Longitudinal trajectories and associations with patient‐reported outcomes and healthcare use

Aims The aims of this study were to investigate the development of illness identity, the degree to which the disease is integrated into one's identity, by identifying trajectory classes in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) and to describe these classes in terms of age, sex, disease complexity, patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) and healthcare use. Design This three‐wave observational cohort study was carried from 2013 till 2015 and...