Factors affecting the level of parental knowledge about their children's congenital heart diseases and their care.

Objective: To assess parental knowledge about their children's congenital heart disease using a newly-designed scale.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2020 to May 2021, at Alkhansaa maternity and child hospital, Mosul Iraq; after approval from the ethics review committee of Ninevah Medical College, Ninevah University, Iraq, and comprised parents with children having congenital heart disease. Data, including age, gender, type of congenital heart disease as well as parents' educational and socioeconomic levels, residence, internet use and knowledge of the disease with respect to type, burden, bacterial endocarditis, outcome, etc.