Children with CHD may experience psychosocial difficulties, while their parents may face caregiving demands. Within the family system, children’s life satisfaction and parental burnout may be interconnected, as children’s psychosocial well-being and parents’ experiences of the parenting role may be associated with the functioning and well-being of the family as a whole. However, the relationship between children’s life satisfaction and parental burnout remains unclear. This study aimed to assess life satisfaction in children with CHD and examine its relationship with parental burnout.

This descriptive correlational cross-sectional study included 234 children with CHD aged 8–13 years and one parent attending a paediatric cardiology outpatient clinic in İstanbul, Türkiye, during November 2023–February 2024. Children’s life satisfaction and parental burnout were assessed using the Satisfaction with Life Scale adapted for Children and Parental Burnout Assessment. Pearson correlation analysis examined their relationship, and differences according to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were assessed using independent samples t-tests and one-way analysis of variance.

Mean Satisfaction with Life Scale adapted for Children and mean Parental Burnout Assessment scores were 17.32 ± 1.75 and 17.43 ± 6.19, respectively. Neither life satisfaction nor parental burnout differed according to examined child, parent, or family characteristics (all p > 0.05). No association was found between life satisfaction and parental burnout (r = −0.087, p = 0.185), and life satisfaction was not significantly correlated with any Parental Burnout Assessment subscale.

Children’s life satisfaction was not significantly associated with parental burnout in this sample of children with CHD. Further research should examine individual, family, and disease-related factors associated with life satisfaction and parental well-being.

Parents play a key role in adolescent licensure in the United States, particularly for those with children diagnosed with CHD. Many seek strategies to facilitate discussions about driving safety, yet limited research on parental perceptions restricts resources available for these conversations.

This study examined parental perspectives on barriers and facilitators to safe, independent driving among adolescents with CHD and impacts of CHD on family driving experiences.

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 parents of adolescents with CHD (93% mothers), and key themes were identified using conventional content analysis.

Two themes emerged: (1) parents see driving as a pivotal step towards adolescent independence, leading to both anticipation and apprehension; (2) driving introduces challenges specific to adolescence that may not be evident earlier. Ninety-seven percent of parents reported their adolescent had no current or expected driving restrictions, consistent with reports from parents of adolescents without CHD.

Parents perceived minimal CHD impact on driving, but concerns such as fatigue, cognitive effects, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were revealed often intensifying during adolescence and unrecognised. Provider-led discussions addressing driving readiness, CHD, and other health issues can support families during transition from adolescence to adulthood.

The diagnosis of CHD not only affects the patient but also their entire environment, including parents, causing significant alterations in their mental health. This study was to assess the levels of anxiety and depression in parents of children with CHD at different stages of the disease.

The PMNCC and PMNCR questionnaires were administered to parents of children with CHD to measure levels of state anxiety (STAI-E) and trait anxiety (STAI-R).

A total of 459 questionnaires were administered. For the state anxiety questionnaire (STAI-E), the mean score was 36, with high anxiety levels observed in 81.3% of participants and above-average levels in 18.7%. Regarding the severity of state anxiety, 82.6% presented severe anxiety, followed by moderate anxiety in 17.2%. For the trait anxiety questionnaire (STAI-R), the mean score was 43, with high levels observed in 91.5% of participants and above-average levels in 7.2%. Severe anxiety predominated in 96.7% of cases.

The mental health of parents of children with CHD is often neither diagnosed nor adequately addressed in a timely manner by paediatric cardiology teams. Assessment and support from a multidisciplinary team are required for the early identification of these conditions.

Advances in cardiology and cardiac surgery have significantly improved survival rates among children with CHD, but these gains come with the need for long-term care that heavily involves parents. Understanding their life situation is essential for delivering effective family-centred and holistic healthcare. The study aimed to assess the life situation of parents of children with CHD in relation to sociodemographic factors and to explore their sources of support, emotional experiences, and the role of spirituality in coping.

A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 117 parents of children with CHD in the Slovak Republic. Data was collected between December 2024 and January 2025 using the standardised questionnaire Life Situation of Caregivers/Parents of Children with CHD and/or Other Cardiac Diseases.

Multivariable linear regression analysis revealed that lower parental education and a history of cardiac surgeries in the child were associated with lower scores on the life situation scale. Conversely, a higher number of previous hospitalisations was linked to higher scores (p < 0.05). The most reported emotions related to the child’s illness were fear (94.87%), sadness (67.52%), and anger (38.46%). Family members were identified as the primary source of support.

These results highlight the need to identify parents at heightened psychosocial risk, particularly those with lower education and those whose children have undergone cardiac surgeries. In clinical practice, family support should be supplemented with structured psychological interventions as part of comprehensive care for families of children with CHD.

The Family Adaptation study, ancillary to the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial, examined the prevalence of anxiety and its associations with stress, psychosocial factors, and quality of life measures in parents of infants who underwent the Norwood procedure.

Two hundred and fifteen parents (143 mothers and 72 fathers) of 146 infants completed state anxiety (State Anxiety Inventory), stress, psychosocial, and quality of life measures post-Norwood, post-Stage II, and at a final visit (median child age: 14 months).

A substantial proportion of parents reported severe anxiety symptoms following the Norwood surgery, with 61% of mothers and 43% of fathers affected, decreasing over time to 46% and 33% by the final visit, respectively. Mothers’ average STAI-S scores were significantly higher than fathers’ post-Norwood (47.7 ± 13.2 versus 43.5 ± 11.8, p = 0.03), declining to 42.1 ± 13.0 versus 39.0 ± 9.6 (p = 0.14) at the final visit. Stress related to parenting a child with a serious illness was a stronger and more consistent predictor of mothers’ anxiety over time (highest R2 = 0.49 for emotional distress), whereas insufficient coping and fewer protective factors were greater and more consistent predictors for fathers (highest R2 = 0.40 for mastery and health). Quality of life was a consistent predictor of state anxiety for both mothers and fathers.

Anxiety is elevated in parents of infants who underwent the Norwood procedure and is influenced by a complex interplay of stress, psychosocial factors, and quality of life. Addressing these factors is crucial for improving parents’ mental health, which in turn promotes the well-being of the entire family.

To explore the effect of parental presence on the recovery period of paediatric patients undergoing general anaesthesia for snoring surgery.

Forty-two paediatric patients who underwent snoring surgery were randomly divided into control and observation groups. The control group received routine nursing intervention, while the observation group allowed either the father or mother to enter the recovery room immediately after the child was awake and extubated, in addition to the routine nursing intervention.

Paediatric anaesthesia emergence delirium score during the recovery period was significantly lower in the observation group than the control group. The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability score during the recovery period was also significantly lower in the observation group. Parental satisfaction with nursing was significantly higher in the observation group.

Immediate parental presence can effectively alleviate insecurity, reduce pain, decrease crying and restlessness of paediatric patients, and improve parental satisfaction with nursing.