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Quality of Life in Juvenile Patients With Uveitis

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01495767
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 20, 2011
Last Update Posted : December 23, 2011
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Medical University of Vienna
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Saskia M Maca, Hospital Hietzing

Study Description
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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.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment
Uveitis Other: Filling in a psychometric questionnaire

Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Actual Enrollment : 37 participants
Observational Model: Cohort
Official Title: The Impact of Uveitis on Health-related Quality of Life in Adolescents
Study Start Date : January 2006
Actual Study Completion Date : July 2009

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Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort Intervention/treatment
females, males
females: patients of female sex males: patients of male sex
 Other: Filling in a psychometric questionnaire
Juvenile patients attending the uveitis are asked to fill in a psychometric questionnaire


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Quality of life as assessed with the "Inventory for Assessing the Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents" [ Time Frame: One day ]
    psychometric inventory


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Quality of life as assessed with the "Children Quality of Life Questionnaire" [ Time Frame: One day ]
    psychometric inventory


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   11 Years to 18 Years   (Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients with uveitis, aged 11-18 years
Criteria

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
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Locations
Austria
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria, 1090
Sponsors and Collaborators
Hospital Hietzing
Medical University of Vienna
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Saskia M Maca, MD Hospital Hietzing, Vienna + Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
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Responsible Party: Saskia M Maca, MD, principal investigator, Hospital Hietzing
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01495767     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: MAC205
First Posted: December 20, 2011    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: December 23, 2011
Last Verified: December 2011

Keywords provided by Saskia M Maca, Hospital Hietzing:
childhood uveitis
health-related quality of life
gender

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Uveitis
Uveal Diseases
Eye Diseases