Quality of Life in Juvenile Patients With Uveitis

NCT01495767 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: MAC205
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 37
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

Uveitis

Keywords

childhood uveitis; health-related quality of life; gender

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of life as assessed with the "Inventory for Assessing the Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents"

  psychometric inventory

  One day

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of life as assessed with the "Children Quality of Life Questionnaire"

  One day

Study Arms (1)

females, males

females: patients of female sex males: patients of male sex

Other: Filling in a psychometric questionnaire

Interventions

Filling in a psychometric questionnaire OTHER

Juvenile patients attending the uveitis are asked to fill in a psychometric questionnaire

females, males

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with uveitis, aged 11-18 years

You may qualify if:

• Patients with uveitis
• aged 11-18 years
• willing to participate
• parent or legal guardian agrees with participation of adolescent

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospital Hietzing: lead
• Medical University of Vienna: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Uveitis; Coitus

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Uveal Diseases; Eye Diseases; Sexual Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Saskia M Maca, MD

  Hospital Hietzing, Vienna + Medical University of Vienna, Vienna

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD, principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2011
• First Posted: December 20, 2011
• Study Start: January 1, 2006
• Study Completion: July 1, 2009
• Last Updated: December 23, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-12

Locations

AU (1)