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Assessing Transition Practices for Children With Disabilities: Pathways to a Successful Adulthood

NCT07706517 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2026-07-16

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Summary

Transition to adult care is a purposeful and structured movement of youth with complex disabilities from child centered to adult oriented services.

This complex and potentially challenging period requires careful planning.

The investigators aim to examine the transition practices in the University Hospital of Saint Etienne. The study employs a mixed methods approach, combining:

* A retrospective evaluation : Analyzing transition data over a 10-year period.
* A prospective qualitative study : Conducting semi-structured interviews with patients who have already transitioned within our clinic.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Chart review

Chart review of adults who had been followed in the pediatric PM\&R department and who should have already completed their transition to adult care.

BEHAVIORAL

Semi-structured interview

The qualitative approach was designed to explore patient's related experience of the transition process, with a focus on how they perceived, interpreted, and navigated their journey from pediatric to adult care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria ZAKHEM, MD · CHU de Saint-Etienne

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-14
Primary Completion
2025-09-10
Completion
2025-09-10

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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