[Preoperational nutritional status for the children with congenital heart disease and the influential factors].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the preoperational nutritional condition for the children with congenital heart disease, and to analyze the relevant factors.
 Methods: According to the standards of WHO, the Z-scores was used to assess the nutritional condition for the children, and the generational information questionnaire, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Self-Rating Depression Scale and Parent Understanding Questionnaire were used to analyze the maternal factors.
 Results: Stunting, underweighting and wasting represented the poor nutritional conditions, which accounted for 28.6%, 25.3% and 25.3%, respectively. Maternal accurate perception and the psychological problems such as anxiety and depression were the main relevant factors.
 Conclusion: The poor nutritional condition for the congenital heart disease was serious. It is very important to improve the maternal accurate perception and to relieve the maternal psychological problems for changing the nutritional condition through appropriate health education and effective intervention.