Implications of a Paediatrician-psychologist Tandem for Sickle Cell Disease Care and Impact on Cognitive Functioning

Completed

• Conditions: Sickle Cell Disease
• Interventions: Other: Assessment of psychological repercussions of SCD

• Registration Number: NCT03975699
• Lead Sponsor: Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

Brief Summary

Sickle cell disease (SCD) necessitates a paediatric treatment plan that considers the influence of psychological, family and intercultural factors. At the Louis-Mourier Hospital (APHP) in Colombes, France, a paediatric-psychological partnership where a clinical psychologist accompanies the paediatrician at programmed consultations was introduced.

The psychological repercussions of SCD were assessed among children and their parents treated in Colombes and in two other paediatric units without a paediatric-psychological partnership.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-02
• Primary Completion: 2014-04
• Study Completion: 2014-04
• Study First Submitted: 2019-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2019-06-05
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-10
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 155

Inclusion Criteria

• Children under 18 years old
• Major form of SCD (SS, SC, Sβ° thal, Sβ+ thal) diagnosed by electrophoresis

Exclusion Criteria

• Child or parent residing in France less than 6 months
• Having received SCD treatment in more than one centre

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients in centre 1: Louis-Mourier Hospital	Assessment of psychological repercussions of SCD	All SCD follow-up consultations were conducted jointly by a paediatrician and a clinical psychologist.
Patients in centre 2: Evry hospital	Assessment of psychological repercussions of SCD	All SCD follow-up consultations were conducted by a paediatrician alone. The unit had close links with the local psycho-medical paediatric care centre when specialized referrals were necessary.
Patients in centre 3: Clamart hospital	Assessment of psychological repercussions of SCD	All SCD follow-up consultations were conducted by a paediatrician alone.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test scores (ROCF recall scores)	1 day	The Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test (ROCF) is a neuropsychological assessment in which patients are asked to reproduce a complicated line drawing, first by copying it freehand (recognition), and then drawing from memory (recall). Scoring of drawings is based on the widely used 36-point scoring system (0 being the worst score and 36 the best).