Implications
There are several areas that require further research. Recognition of the parent's point of view can augment our overall understanding of teen's perspectives and merits further research especially as we move to intervention research that includes both the teens and their parents. Further research with the data collected from the PedsQL will be analyzed to identify whether it reflects what teens reported in the interviews. Lastly, further investigation into quality-of-life concepts is necessary to better understand what quality of life is for teens with CHD and what it is not and the degree to which being different from their peers determines their quality of life. The dimensions that encompass quality of life (such as psychosocial, physical, emotional) are varied, and their inclusion or exclusion from a quality-of-life tool is not always apparent.