Social support and quality of life of families with children with congenital heart disease

Abstract The scope of this article is to evaluate to what extent social support for families with children with congenital disease impacts their quality of life. It involved a cross-sectional study with 254 parents of children with congenital heart disease. A semi-structured interview was conducted with the parents, using the Ecomap and the quality of life (World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref) and social support (Medical Outcomes Study) scales. Receiving social support was positively correlated with quality of life (r=0.535; p