Educational Attainment and Employment Status of Adults Living With Congenital Heart Disease in the United States, CH STRONG 2016–2019

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q4 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Birth Defects Research Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI:10.1002/bdr2.2452

Karrie F. Downing, Anthony Goudie, Wendy N. Nembhard, Jennifer G. Andrews, R. Thomas Collins, Matthew E. Oster, Argelia Benavides, Mir M. Ali, Sherry L. Farr

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Abstract

Background

Our objective was to characterize the education and employment history of young adults with congenital heart defects (CHD) living in the United States.

Methods

The 2016–2019 Congenital Heart Survey To Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and well-beinG collected data from young adults (ages 19–38) with CHD identified from active birth defect in Arkansas, Arizona, and Atlanta, Georgia. Educational attainment, employment history, and special education between kindergarten and 12th grade were self-/proxy-reported. Respondent percentages were standardized to the eligible population by CHD severity, birth year, site, sex, and maternal race/ethnicity and compared by CHD severity using p values from Z-scores. Log-binomial prevalence ratios (aPRs) assessed associations between respondent characteristics and outcomes, adjusting for CHD severity, age group, sex, race/ethnicity, and site. Employment models also adjusted for education. Point estimates were compared to the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year general population estimates.

Results

Among 1438 respondents, 28.3% attained ≥ bachelor's degree and 22.1% were unemployed for ≥ 12 months. Estimates were comparable by CHD severity (aPRs ~1.0) and similar to general population estimates (in ACS, 21% attained ≥ bachelor's degree and 26% were unemployed). About 25.3% of adults with CHD received special education, more commonly adults with severe (32.9%) than nonsevere CHD (23.5%, p = 0.01).

Conclusions

Among young adults with CHD, educational attainment and employment did not substantially differ by CHD severity or from general population rates. One in four used special education between kindergarten and 12th grade. Clinical guidelines recommend ongoing educational and vocational support to individuals with CHD as needed so this population continues to thrive.

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Birth Defects Research Medicine-Embryology

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

9.50%

发文量

153

期刊介绍： The journal Birth Defects Research publishes original research and reviews in areas related to the etiology of adverse developmental and reproductive outcome. In particular the journal is devoted to the publication of original scientific research that contributes to the understanding of the biology of embryonic development and the prenatal causative factors and mechanisms leading to adverse pregnancy outcomes, namely structural and functional birth defects, pregnancy loss, postnatal functional defects in the human population, and to the identification of prenatal factors and biological mechanisms that reduce these risks. Adverse reproductive and developmental outcomes may have genetic, environmental, nutritional or epigenetic causes. Accordingly, the journal Birth Defects Research takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach in its organization and publication strategy. The journal Birth Defects Research contains separate sections for clinical and molecular teratology, developmental and reproductive toxicology, and reviews in developmental biology to acknowledge and accommodate the integrative nature of research in this field. Each section has a dedicated editor who is a leader in his/her field and who has full editorial authority in his/her area.