Congenital heart disease as a Foreground or a Background Issue
As teens with congenital heart disease mature, they need to move into the world of adult health care, which creates opportunities for their increased independence. As part of this process, understanding the risks (or benefits) of making choices about congenital heart disease being in the background or foreground is key to them making decisions that best affect their health. As was developmentally appropriate, the teens in this study wanted to become more involved with choices about their health care. Effective transition programs contain components of choice. Creation of a program that involves a transition of care as opposed to a transfer of care from one specialty group to another is most beneficial to all involved in the care of teens with congenital heart disease Expressions of denial and control were central issues in the illness narratives of adolescents in treatment for cancer , and thus one might argue that the descriptions of putting congenital heart disease in the background that the teens in this study provided exemplified disengagement coping. Given the study teens' ability to view themselves as normal, we assert that they provided examples of secondary control engagement coping, cognitive restructuring in particular. Research with adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain demonstrated that secondary control engagement coping predicted lower levels of anxiety/depression symptoms and somatic complaints, and disengagement coping was related to higher levels of anxiety/depression and somatic complaints . Similarly, in a study of adolescents with diabetes, the use of primary control coping strategies was associated with higher competence scores, better quality of life, and better metabolic control. Secondary control coping strategies were related to higher social competence, better quality of life, and better metabolic control and disengagement coping strategies were linked with lower competence and poorer metabolic control . Assisting teens to be self-aware of when they are situating their congenital heart diseasein the foreground or background and to understand this as an effective coping strategy, especially in relation to their physical limitations, can facilitate effective self-management of their congenital heart disease within their everyday life
Congenital heart disease as a Foreground or a Background IssueAs teens with congenital heart disease mature, they need to move into the world of adult health care, which creates opportunities for their increased independence. As part of this process, understanding the risks (or benefits) of making choices about congenital heart disease being in the background or foreground is key to them making decisions that best affect their health. As was developmentally appropriate, the teens in this study wanted to become more involved with choices about their health care. Effective transition programs contain components of choice. Creation of a program that involves a transition of care as opposed to a transfer of care from one specialty group to another is most beneficial to all involved in the care of teens with congenital heart disease Expressions of denial and control were central issues in the illness narratives of adolescents in treatment for cancer , and thus one might argue that the descriptions of putting congenital heart disease in the background that the teens in this study provided exemplified disengagement coping. Given the study teens' ability to view themselves as normal, we assert that they provided examples of secondary control engagement coping, cognitive restructuring in particular. Research with adolescents with recurrent abdominal pain demonstrated that secondary control engagement coping predicted lower levels of anxiety/depression symptoms and somatic complaints, and disengagement coping was related to higher levels of anxiety/depression and somatic complaints . Similarly, in a study of adolescents with diabetes, the use of primary control coping strategies was associated with higher competence scores, better quality of life, and better metabolic control. Secondary control coping strategies were related to higher social competence, better quality of life, and better metabolic control and disengagement coping strategies were linked with lower competence and poorer metabolic control . Assisting teens to be self-aware of when they are situating their congenital heart diseasein the foreground or background and to understand this as an effective coping strategy, especially in relation to their physical limitations, can facilitate effective self-management of their congenital heart disease within their everyday life
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