P-19 Socioeconomic Predictors for Infant Congenital Heart Disease: A Scoping Review
Author(s):
O Van-Lewin , A Hutson, D Van-Veen B Ally-Charles , C Raghunandan , Y Smith
Year of Presentation:
2023
Objective: To determine whether socioeconomic status is a predictor for infant congenital heart disease.
Methods: A Scoping Review was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines. Multiple databases were searched using a predefined Boolean logic and search criteria. All search results were managed using o Zotero - an open source reference management software. Duplicate results were deleted and multiple levels of screening were used to remove any articles that did not meet all of the inclusion criteria. For the articles that met the inclusion criteria, the overall findings were extracted and entered into an Excel Spreadsheet for For Narrative Analysis.
Results: Of the 7156 items that were initially returned by the search, 16 were used in the final analysis. Three different approaches to measuring socioeconomic status emerged namely: personal parental factors; environmental factors; and neighbourhood factors. All 16 of the studies demonstrated an inverse relationship between the parental socioeconomic level and the risk of the neonate having congenital heart disease.
Conclusion: Independent of the method used to determine socioeconomic status, there is an inverse relationship between parental socioeconomic status and the risk of a neonate being diagnosed with Congenital Heart Disease.