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ArticleCardiology in the young2025

"Like everybody else": Adolescent perceptions of safe, independent driving with a CHD.

Leigh Ann DiFusco, Rachel A Solomon, Lindsey H Lee, C Ward McIntosh, Catherine C McDonald

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Leigh Ann DiFuscoUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-0878
Rachel A SolomonUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3136-5237
Lindsey H LeeUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
C Ward McIntoshThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Injury Research Prevention, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-4379
Catherine C McDonaldUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3856-8542

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Driving after Concussion: Examination of the Adolescent Brain and BehaviorsR01NR018425 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Catherine Claire McDonald · 2022 to 2024
$1.2M
NCIPC CDC HHS R49 CE003083NINR NIH HHS R01 NR018425
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Abstract

objectiveThe 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. STUDY

designTwenty-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.

resultsMean 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. TWO THEMES EMERGED FROM THE DATA: 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.

conclusionThese 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.

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Automobile DrivingHeart Defects, CongenitalAdolescentFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMalePerceptionProspective StudiesQualitative ResearchYoung AdultAdolescentCHDdriver’s licensedriving behaviourslearner’s permitmotor vehicle

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PMCPMC12456235

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