[Psychocardiological intervention in the cardiovascular rehabilitation of school children with congenital heart disease: A systematic review].

OBJECTIVE

A systematic review is presented with the objective of determining whether school children with congenital heart disease participate in psychological interventions in the cardiovascular rehabilitation process.

METHOD: Guided review by the PRISMA method was carried out in the databases: Dialnet, Pub Med, Redalyc, Science Direct, Scielo, Google Academic of articles published in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The inclusion criteria are: rehabilitative interventions that contain actions for the management of psychological factors. 23 reports were evaluated for eligibility, only 1 was chosen through the data tabulation method.

RESULTS

It was evidenced that these programs for children with heart disease are scarce, they focus on physical activity, neglecting socio-psychological variables. It is proposed to implement standardized intervention actions with congenital cardiovascular patients and their families from psychocardiology according to their needs.