Developing a psychological model of care for adolescents and young adults with complex congenital heart disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1133644

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Adolescents and young adults with complex congenital heart disease face many challenges including the need for lifelong cardiac surveillance, medication, and navigating normal transitions such as developing independence; factors which place the individual at risk of psychological morbidity. Determining risk factors contributing to loss to follow-up and psychological morbidity is needed to develop evidence-based psychological interventions, which are strongly recommended but currently lacking.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $86,117.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

chronic illness | congenital heart disease | intervention study | paediatric | qualitative methods

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