Psychological Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Resilience in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

The purpose of this study, entitled "Psychological trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and resilience in adults with congenital heart disease in a large population sample", is to evaluate for exposures during a lifetime with congenital heart disease that may be associated with higher likelihood of developing PTSD. Primary aim: \- Identify individual patient characteristics (medical, psychosocial, socioeconomic, etc.) that are associated with a diagnosis of PTSD. Secondary aims: * Calculate the prevalence of those meeting PTSD criteria in the ACHD population using the "gold standard" diagnostic clinician interview, while using the same data to validate a PTSD screening self-report survey in the ACHD population. * Determine the role of resilience in ACHD patients using a validated screening survey to assess its protective role toward PTSD. Hypotheses: * There are certain exposures (e.g. post-surgical pain, ICU delirium, bullying due to CHD) that are associated with a higher incidence and odds of meeting PTSD criteria. * "Gold standard" diagnostic interviews will most accurately estimate the prevalence of PTSD in ACHD which has been overestimated on prior screening-based studies, although the scope of the problem is still great. * Patients with a higher resilience score will show an association with a lower risk of PTSD.

NCT Number	NCT06952933
Lead Sponsor	Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Collaborators: Adult Congenital Heart Association
Conditions	Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Congenital Heart Disease, PTSD
Enrollment	1,000 participants
Start Date	2025-09-01
Primary Completion	2026-06 (estimated)
Study Completion	2026-08 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-03-25