Parenting stress in infancy was associated with neurodevelopment in 24-month-old children with congenital heart disease.

Aim: Having a child with congenital heart disease (CHD) is stressful for parents, but research on the impact this stress can have on child development has been lacking. We investigated the associations between parenting stress when children were infants and neurodevelopmental outcomes in toddlers with CHD.

Methods: This study was carried out at the Neurocardiac Clinic at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montréal, Canada.