Quality of Life in Juvenile Patients With Uveitis

Uveitis Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Impact of Uveitis on Health-related Quality of Life in Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01495767
• Other study ID #: MAC205
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 27, 2011
• Last updated: December 22, 2011
• Start date: January 2006
• Est. completion date: July 2009

Study information

• Verified date: December 2011
• Source: Hospital Hietzing
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Austria: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Data about psychodynamics in uveitis patients are scare. A negative impact of disease is described not only in adult patients with active, but also with quiescent disease. During adolescence even less is known about psychodynamics although this is an especially sensible and challenging stage of life. Given the assumption that juvenile patients with quiescent disease still could suffer from emotional distress, this would require special attention.

In this study the investigators evaluate the impact of juvenile uveitis on HRQoL and attempted to identify clinical and demographic factors contributing to an impaired health status. The investigators limit the study to patients with quiescent uveitis and good visual function in at least one eye to exclude additional negative stressors. As there are no validated uveitis-specific psychometric questionnaires evaluating QoL available yet, the investigators use age-appropriate generic instruments. This should allow obtaining an overview about the adolescents' general Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and whether psychological interventions should be offered to this sensitive patient group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 37
• Est. completion date: July 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 11 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with uveitis

• aged 11-18 years

• willing to participate

• parent or legal guardian agrees with participation of adolescent

Exclusion Criteria:

• not willing to participate

• parent or legal guardian does not agree with participation of adolescent

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Uveitis

Intervention

Other:
• Filling in a psychometric questionnaire
Juvenile patients attending the uveitis are asked to fill in a psychometric questionnaire

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	Medical University of Vienna	Vienna

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital Hietzing	Medical University of Vienna

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of life as assessed with the "Inventory for Assessing the Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents"	psychometric inventory	One day	No
Secondary	Quality of life as assessed with the "Children Quality of Life Questionnaire"	psychometric inventory	One day	No