Clinical trial NCT03554824: Psychosocial Outcomes and Transition Readiness in Uveitis
Official title: Describing Relationships Between Psychosocial Outcomes and Readiness for Transition in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Uveitis - a Pilot Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Uveitis
Lead sponsor: Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
First posted: 2018-06-13
Enrollment: 56
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population will either be uveitis patients aged 10-25 years or parents/guardians of uveitis patients aged 10-16 years.

Brief summary: It is widely acknowledged that the transition from paediatric to adult health services should be a multidimensional and multidisciplinary process that addresses the medical, psychosocial, and educational needs of adolescents and young adults (AYA). Despite this, there is currently a scarcity of research examining the relationships between psychosocial factors (e.g., anxiety, social support) and transition readiness in AYA with uveitis. This study therefore aims to examine the relationships between psychosocial factors and transition readiness in pre-transfer adolescents and post-transfer young adults aged 10-25 years diagnosed with JIA at a single centre.

In total, 25 adolescents aged 10-16 years, together with a parent/guardian, will participate at Sheffield Children's Hospital and 10 young adults aged 16-25 years will participate at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. Participants completed a battery of self-report questionnaire measuring psychosocial factors (anxiety/depression, social support, family functioning, health-related quality of life) and transition readiness (transition knowledge and skills, self-efficacy). Uveitis disease severity was also measured during clinic appointments. A subset of participants will also be asked to take part in a focus group. This study received full ethical approval, and all participants will give their written informed assent or consent before taking part.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of uveitis
* Uveitis managed by either Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust or Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
* Fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria:

* No diagnosis of uveitis
* Uveitis not managed by either Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust or Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
* Not fluent in English

Primary outcomes:
measure: Generalised Anxiety
timeFrame: Day 1, when participants complete the study questionnaire
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Depression
timeFrame: Day 1, when participants complete the study questionnaire
measure: Health-related quality of life
timeFrame: Day 1, when participants complete the study questionnaire
measure: Social support
timeFrame: Day 1, when participants complete the study questionnaire
measure: Family functioning
timeFrame: Day 1, when participants complete the study questionnaire
measure: Prosocial and problem behaviours
timeFrame: Day 1, when participants complete the study questionnaire
measure: Uveitis disease severity
timeFrame: Day 1, during hospital clinic appointment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sheffield
country: United Kingdom
facility: Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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