Identifying Congenital Heart Defects in Children and Evaluating Health Outcomes

Abstract

This paper aims to Determining the extent of the prevalence of congenital heart different hospitals in Iraq, and knowing the extent of the relationship between the prevalence of congenital heart diseases and the quality of life of children where Demographic information and data were collected for 115 patients aged from 1 to 5 years, with 35 girls and 80 boys  and This study was designed according to Microsoft Excel 2013, which is the statistical analysis program SPSS 22 Soft, where the prevalence of congenital heart diseases among Iraqi pediatric patients was analyzed and a simulation was conducted based on the results of our study to determine the strength of the correlation on the quality of life of patients. Patients diagnosed with congenital heart diseases were collected, and the most common diseases in this study were ASD for 30 patients with 26.1%, SPDA for 26 patients with 22.6%, and VSD for 25 patients with 21.7. %, AVSD for 10 patients with 8.7%, TGA for 9 patients with 7.8%, TA for 8 patients with 7%, as shown in Table 3. Quality of life was assessed according to a distributed questionnaire. The paper mentions that the prevalence of types of congenital heart disease can vary depending on the population being studied and the specific criteria used to define the types. While some types of congenital heart defects may have a higher prevalence in males than females (such as ventricular septal defect), others may have a slightly higher prevalence in females than males (such as atrial septal defect). However, the paper does provide information on any significant differences observed between boys and girls with respect to the prevalence or severity of congenital heart defects in the study conducted.