Like Everybody Else : Adolescent Perceptions of Safe, Independent Driving With a CHD.

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• Alternative Title:
  Cardiology in the Young, 2025, v. 35, no. 7: Like Everybody Else : Adolescent Perceptions of Safe, Independent Driving With a CHD.
• Journal Article:
  Cardiology in the Young
• Personal Author:
  DiFusco, Leigh Ann ; Solomon, Rachel A. ; Lee, Lindsey H. ; McIntosh, C. Ward ; McDonald, Catherine C.
• Description:
  The impact of CHD on safe driving for adolescents is currently unknown. A prospective, qualitative descriptive study was conducted among adolescents with CHD to describe perceived barriers, facilitators, and impacts of CHD on safe, independent driving among adolescents.
  
  Twenty-eight adolescents aged 15-19 years with CHD participated in virtual, semi-structured interviews in 2023. Adolescent interview data were analysed with conventional content analysis refined by Theoretical Domains Framework in NVivo software.
  
  Mean participant age was 16.4 ± 0.23 years (57% male). Single ventricle physiology (25%) and septal defects (32%) were prevalent diagnoses among the study population. Most participants (92%) did not have driving restrictions.
  
  Driving as a normal rite of passage for adolescents with CHD; and confident-but curious-about the impacts of CHD on driving. Adolescents felt confident that driving is not impacted by CHD. They were curious about the likelihood of cardiovascular emergencies and related symptoms while driving. Perceived barriers and facilitators to safe, independent driving were like what has been described in published literature among adolescents without CHD.
  
  These findings celebrate the normalcy of driving during adolescence and reveal curiosities about the impacts of stress, anxiety, fatigue, and risks of heart attack and stroke on driving. Adolescents may look to CHD healthcare providers to help them learn about driving. These findings may inform the development of tools to facilitate meaningful conversations with adolescents regarding driving safety as part of the transition to adult CHD care.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Adolescent
  • Male
  • Automobile Driving
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital
  • Prospective Studies
  • Young Adult
  • Qualitative Research
  • Perception
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Adolescent
  • CHD
  • driver's license
  • learner's permit
  • motor vehicle
  • driving behaviours
• Source:
  Cardiology in the Young, 2025, v. 35, no. 7
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951125100784
• ISSN:
  1047-9511 ; 1467-1107
• Pubmed ID:
  40653769
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12456235
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  R01 NR018425/NR/NINR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R49 CE003083/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  1388-1393 (11 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261262/cdc_261262_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 322.61 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
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