Preschool Child Behavior Outcomes With Congenital Heart Disease

56 preschool children with congenital heart disease (CHD) and 215 control participants are assessed using parent-rated questionnaires. The data includes measures of temperament, autism traits, ADHD symptoms, empathy, behavioral difficulties, and cognitively stimulating home environment. It supports analysis of behavioral differences and the moderating effect of home environment on outcomes like hyperactivity and peer problems.

Use Cases

• Compare hyperactivity/impulsivity and peer relationship problem scores between the CHD and control groups using validated questionnaire data.
• Analyze the moderating effect of the Cognitively Stimulating Parenting Scale score on behavioral outcomes like inattention for children with CHD.
• Investigate correlations between Child Behavior Questionnaire temperament scores and ADHD-Rating Scale-IV symptom scores across the cohort.
• Model the relationship between Social Communication Questionnaire autism trait scores and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire behavioral difficulty scores.

Strengths

• Data includes 271 total participants (56 cases, 215 controls), enabling case-control comparisons.
• Uses multiple validated instruments: Child Behavior Questionnaire, Social Communication Questionnaire, ADHD-Rating Scale-IV, EmQue, and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.
• Study design controls for confounders like gestational age at birth, sex, and neighborhood deprivation.

Limitations

• Small sample size of 56 children with CHD limits statistical power for subgroup analyses.
• Cross-sectional design prevents causal inference about the home environment's impact on behavior.
• Data is contained in a 73.5 KB DOCX file, indicating a small, likely summary-level dataset rather than raw individual records.

Provenance

Source

Andrew T. M. Chew via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional case-control study based on parent-rated questionnaires.

Time Range

Preschool children aged 4–6 years at time of assessment.

Freshness

Last updated March 24, 2026.