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Prenatal Maternal Mental Health and Neurodevelopment in Congenital Heart Disease
Sponsor: Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Summary
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of congenital malformations, representing 1% of live births. Progress in surgical care have led to the dramatic increase in the population of children and adults living with heart disease. As survival is no longer a concern, long-term outcomes have become the major public health issue. Prenatal diagnosis of CHD requiring open-heart surgery can be a traumatic event for expecting mothers and fathers. In the general population, maternal mental health distress is associated with fetal disturbances in the hypothalamic-adrenal-pituitary system axis, restricted intrauterine growth and adverse outcomes in the offspring. It is unknown whether prenatal maternal psychological distress have an impact on neurodevelopmental outcomes in CHD. Our national study seeks to (1) characterize the impact of prenatal maternal psychological distress on neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 1 for children with CHD who undergo neonatal open-heart surgery; (2) investigate the sociodemographic and medical determinants associated with prenatal maternal mental health of women carrying a foetus diagnosed with complex CHD; (3) explore the mediating role of prenatal risk factors (i.e., sociodemographic, medical and maternal coping mechanisms) in the association of prenatal maternal mental health (i.e., distress, anxiety and depression) and neurodevelopment in children with CHD; and (4) explore the impact of paternal or the co-parent's mental health impact on neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 1 in children with CHD. This study is a non-interventional, prospective, and longitudinal study of prenatal maternal mental health and subsequent child's neurodevelopmental and behavioural outcomes. It includes a follow-up period from the 3rd trimester of pregnancy until the child's first year of life. It will include children with a prenatally diagnosed heart defect requiring open-heart surgery within the first weeks of life. Understanding and preventing the neurodevelopmental sequelae of heart disease diagnosed in-utero is a public health priority.
Official title: Prenatal Maternal Mental Health and Neurodevelopment in Children With an Antenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease: The Neuro-Moms CHD Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - 50 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
87
Start Date
2025-06-27
Completion Date
2028-01
Last Updated
2026-02-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Locations (5)
Hopital de Marseille la Timone
Marseille, France
CHU de Montpellier
Montpellier, France
Institut Saint Pierre
Palavas-les-Flots, France
Hopital Necker Enfants Malades
Paris, France
Hopital Haut Leveque
Pessac, France