Internationally Adopted Children Quality of Life

NCT02553486 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: RC15_0062
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 756
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the global quality of life of foreign born adopted children, one to seven years following their arrival in France. Investigators will assess global health, behavior, school integration for each child who arrived in France between 2008 and 2013, through an online anonymous survey. Investigators, then, will identify variables associated with a lower quality of life in order to improve the support offered to the children.

Conditions

Children; Quality of Life

Keywords

adoption; children; quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• International adopted children global quality of life evaluation

  Global international adopted children quality of life score one to seven years after arrival in France, using a quality of life score : PedsQL®.

  up to 9 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Identification of Quality of life low score risk factors

  up to 9 months

Study Arms (1)

Internationally adopted children

All internationally adopted children, who arrived in France between 2008 and 2013, living in four French districts

Other: quality of life evaluation

Interventions

quality of life evaluation OTHER

Internationally adopted children

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Month - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All international adopted children, who arrived in France between 2008 and 2013, living in four French districts (Loire-Atlantique, Ille-et-vilaine, Maine et Loire and Finistère)

You may qualify if:

• All international adopted children, who arrived in France between 2008 and 2013, living in four French districts (Loire-Atlantique, Ille et vilaine, Maine et Loire and Finistère) and accepting to fill the on-line questionnaire of the study

You may not qualify if:

• Children born in France.
• Children or adoptive parents refusing to participate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nantes University Hospital: lead

Related Publications (3)

• Upton P, Eiser C, Cheung I, Hutchings HA, Jenney M, Maddocks A, Russell IT, Williams JG. Measurement properties of the UK-English version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scales. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2005 Apr 1;3:22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-22.

  PMID: 15804349 BACKGROUND

• Hjern A, Lindblad F, Vinnerljung B. Suicide, psychiatric illness, and social maladjustment in intercountry adoptees in Sweden: a cohort study. Lancet. 2002 Aug 10;360(9331):443-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09674-5.

  PMID: 12241716 BACKGROUND

• de Monleon JV, Huet F. [Usefulness of management of adopted children born in foreign countries]. Arch Pediatr. 2000 Oct;7(10):1039-40. doi: 10.1016/s0929-693x(00)00310-9. No abstract available. French.

  PMID: 11075257 BACKGROUND

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 15, 2015
• First Posted: September 17, 2015
• Study Start: September 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2016
• Study Completion: March 1, 2016
• Last Updated: May 5, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-05