congenital heart disease in children's hospital medical center a cross-sectional study 2000 - 2001
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the most common congenital diseases in children is congenital heart disease. factors such as environment, genetic, old maternal age during pregnancy, maternal disease and using medicine in pregnancy, prematuritiy, and specific seasons are significant in the prevalence of disease.materials and methods: a cross sectional study was conducted to investigate the status of children with congenital heart diseases, among 665 child that refereed to children's hospital medical center, tehran university of medical sciences and health services, during 1 year (2000 to 2001). the researchers due to the lack of existing appropriate tools developed the instrument for the study. the questionnaire was 15 items, nominal, ordinal and interval scale. all items were verified using major authoritative pediatric cardiologists references and were subjected to face and content validation by three experts. convenient sampling was utilized for collecting data. all subjects were examined in cardiology department and echocardiography was done for them.results: from a total of 665 children with congenital heart defects, 56.2 percent were male and 43.8 percent were female. 32.6 percent were born in autumn. septal defects were predominant lesions, which account for 36.1 percent of lesions. 89.8 percent of children have never extracardiac defects. children of mothers age 20-35 years had a percentage of 86.2 percent of developing congenital heart disease, percentage of children who their birth weight less than 2500 gram was quite small, at 24.1 per cent overall. there was no significant relationship between selected variables and congenital heart diseases.conclusion: with regard to the prevalence of disease and preventing therapeutic costs, parents and teachers education have an important role in preventing congenital heart disease. therefore, the formation of a learning curriculum model for a life free of congenital heart disease and congenital heart diseases registration is essential.
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مجله دانشکده پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهرانجلد ۶۰، شماره ۱، صفحات ۷۶-۸۱
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