Effects of Delayed Growth on the Quality of Life of Children Treated for a Chronic Disease and Quality of Life Study of Their Parents and Siblings

NCT ID: NCT04733391

Last Updated: 2021-02-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-10

Study Completion Date

2021-07-31

Brief Summary

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Chronic childhood diseases have sometimes strong repercussions on the everyday life of patients and their families, because of strict daily treatment regimens, physical limitation or effects on social life for instance In children, chronic diseases can lead to poor growth, which can of itself affect the child's quality of life.

Our proposal is therefore to study the effects of short stature on the quality of life of children with chronic diseases treated in our multidisciplinary paediatrics department.

The quality of life of the patients' relatives will also be considered.

Detailed Description

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Chronic childhood diseases have sometimes strong repercussions on the everyday life of patients and their families, because of strict daily treatment regimens, physical limitation or effects on social life for instance.

The importance of considering quality of life (an overarching concept covering the effects of the disease on physical, metal, emotional, social and behavioural well-being) in the treatment of patients with chronic conditions is now well established.

Quality of life studies often focus on a specific chronic condition. Studies of multiple chronic pathologies are rarer. However, factors such as the severity of the disease, its prognosis, the constraints of the daily regimen, and the visibility of the disease can have a greater impact than the type of disease itself. Studies of specific chronic diseases have identified several factors affecting quality of life such as age, sex, disease severity, medically unexplained symptoms, family cohesion, socio-economic status, perception of the disease, the adaptation strategies used by the child or their family… It would therefore be interesting to study the effects of these factors on chronic diseases in general, irrespective of disease type.

In children, chronic diseases can lead to poor growth, which can of itself affect the child's quality of life.

Our proposal is therefore to study the effects of short stature on the quality of life of children with chronic diseases treated in our multidisciplinary paediatrics department.

The quality of life of the patients' relatives will also be considered.

Conditions

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Chronic Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Quality of life questionnaire

Quality of life will be evaluated using the "child" version of the VSP-A questionnaire, for patients aged 8-10 years and the "adolescent" version for those aged 11-17 years.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 8 and 18 years
* Treated in the multidisciplinary paediatrics department of the Timone Hospital
* With a chronic disease (ICD10 definition: for at least 3 months in the current year with no curative treatment available)
* For at least three months
* Requiring at least two hospital consultations per year
* Able to complete the questionnaire
* Able to speak French
* Child and parental consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Problems understanding the questionnaire (intellectual disability, low French proficiency)
* No social security coverage
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Marseille, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Emilie Garrido-Pradalié, Research Director

Role: CONTACT

Sarah Castets

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Sarah Castets, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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2020-A00260-36

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2019-47

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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