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Assessing the Feasibility of an Intervention for Youth and Parents Transitioning to Adult Eating Disorder Services

NCT04888273 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2022-09-07

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Summary

Teenagers with eating disorders often experience a disruption in care upon turning 18. At this age, they are no longer eligible to receive pediatric treatment but are also not yet set up with the appropriate adult services. There are currently no supports in place to help youth with eating disorders and their families during this transition from child to adult care. In this project, the investigators will be implementing an intervention designed to improve this transition experience; it will include peer support, parent education, a meeting with the child and adult care providers, contact with the family doctor, and a written guide about the transition. Among 10 adolescent-parent pairs leaving McMaster Children's Hospital to adult programs in Hamilton, Ontario, the investigators will assess how feasible the intervention is to implement, how feasible the chosen measures are, participants' experience of the intervention, how many adolescents actually transition to adult care, as well as a few adolescent and parent outcomes, such as how prepared the teen feels or what the parents' needs are.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Transition Intervention

Each adolescent-parent pair will be invited to complete 5 components of the intervention (peer support session, parent education session, transition meeting with healthcare providers, family doctor contact, and reading a transition navigation guide) over a 3-month period. These intervention components were designed with the intention of making the transition process transparent for the duo, preparing the adolescent to take responsibility of their own health as it relates to their disorder, and helping the parent step back from the process to help the adolescent integrate to adult care better.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-15
Primary Completion
2022-05-30
Completion
2022-05-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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