Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders in Individuals With Gastrointestinal Congenital Surgical Anomalies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

In brief

This systematic review examines mental health disorder prevalence in children with gastrointestinal congenital surgical anomalies, addressing a gap in outcomes research that has traditionally focused on functional and quality-of-life measures but not psychiatric comorbidities in this vulnerable population.

• Mental health disorder prevalence in gastrointestinal CSA patients remains poorly quantified despite growing functional outcome literature.
• Systematic review identifies gap between physical outcome tracking and psychiatric comorbidity screening in congenital surgical populations.
• Children with GI congenital anomalies may require integrated mental health assessment as part of long-term multidisciplinary care.
• Current evidence insufficient to establish baseline mental health disorder rates for this surgical cohort.
• Findings highlight need for prospective studies linking anatomic defect severity to psychiatric outcomes in pediatric CSA survivors.

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