Table 2.

Comparing psychosocial adjustment measures (caregivers’ report) in male versus female participants, in cyanotic versus acyanotic CHD, in participants with good versus poor social support and with severe/moderate versus mild residual lesions

	Male (N=58)	Female (N=43)			Cyanotic (N=51)	Acyanotic (N=50)			Good Social support (N=76)	Poor social support (N=25)			Severe or moderate residual lesions (N=24)	Mild residual lesions (N=77)
ABCL/CBCL (report from caregivers)	Mean	Mean	U	p	Mean	Mean	U	p	Mean	Mean	U	p	Mean	Mean	U	p
Withdrawn	56.78	43.20	911500	0.02	54.15	47.79	1114500	0.27	45.30	68.32	517000	0.00	56.46	49.30	793000	0.29
Somatic complaints	47.19	56.14	1026000	0.12	54.44	47.49	1099500	0.23	49.92	54.28	868000	0.51	55.73	49.53	810500	0.36
Anxiety/depression	49.66	52.81	1169000	0.59	55.19	46.73	1061500	0.15	48.65	58.14	771500	0.16	57.29	49.04	773000	0.23
Social problems	31.08	29.57	404000	0.74	33.88	27.34	351500	0.14	29.01	34.59	286500	0.27	39.91	26.78	205500	0.01
Thought problems	48.64	54.19	1110000	0.32	54.27	47.66	1108000	0.23	50.91	51.26	943500	0.96	57.58	48.95	766000	0.18
Attention problems	52.34	49.20	1169500	0.59	56.75	45.13	981500	0.05	48.82	57.62	784500	0.19	62.44	47.44	649500	0.03
Aggressive behaviour	50.77	51.31	1233500	0.92	51.21	50.79	1264500	0.94	50.52	52.46	913500	0.77	53.92	50.09	854000	0.57
Internalisation	45.80	58.01	945500	0.04	54.07	47.87	1118500	0.29	49.79	54.68	858000	0.47	59.15	48.46	728500	0.12
Externalisation	49.55	52.95	1063000	0.56	55.86	46.04	1027000	0.09	46.50	64.68	608000	0.01	65.85	46.37	567500	0.00

ABCL, adultbehaviour checklist; CBCL, child behaviour checklist.