Internationally Adopted Children Quality of Life (QUADOP)

Nantes University Hospital (NUH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life; Children

Treatments: Other: quality of life evaluation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02553486

RC15_0062

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

Investigators will use a known and official quality of life score: the PedsQL®. This score has never been used in this population so investigators will first have to test its internal validity, so that investigators cannot use it in their global evaluation. The second stage will consist of identifying variables associated with a lower quality of life, as previously determined. Investigators will send letters to each family through the adoption department of each area enrolled in our study, to ensure data. Parents and children will be required to login to a safe, anonymous, controlled website in order to input their data. The data will be recorded on the internal server of Nantes University Hospital. This study has been accepted by both the Computing and Liberties Commission (CNIL) and Nantes University Hospital's Ethics group in the field of Health (GNEDS) comities.

Enrollment: 756 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 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

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

756 participants in 1 patient group

Internationally adopted children

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: quality of life evaluation