The Great Ormond Street Hospital Top Child and Adolescent Health Study

Completed

• Conditions: Parents; Adolescent Behavior; Child Behavior

• Registration Number: NCT03564223
• Lead Sponsor: Institute of Child Health

Brief Summary

The Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Top child and adolescent health problems study aims to identify the top health concerns that parents/guardians and paediatricians in a tertiary hospital have for young people in England. 400 parents or guardians attending GOSH outpatients and 200 Paediatricians working at GOSH will be asked to rank a list of 30 child health concerns and results compared. Analysis will be done by demographics as well.

Detailed Description

The GOSH top child and adolescent health problems study aims to identify the top health concerns that parents/guardians and paediatricians in a tertiary hospital have for young people in England. The study will be surveying parents/guardians and paediatricians at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), asking them to review and give their impressions from a list of thirty common child and adolescent health issues. Analysis of responses will provide a list of problems that are most important and determine if respondents feel that the NHS England is adequately addressing these problems.

The project was designed with public partnership. The investigators conducted literature reviews, and adopted with permission, a survey instrument used by the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll in Michigan, USA. Some parents were asked to list child and adolescent health problems that they deemed most important. A consensus meeting with experts was held, to select the thirty most common and important public health issues for young people in England, from which the study will identify problems with the highest concern. This project and its intended outcomes will span medical, nursing, research and voluntary services that will improve child and adolescent healthcare provision the UK.

The State of Child Health (SoCH) Report 2017 highlights indicators of child health problems across the four nations of the United Kingdom. There are some polls that were conducted in Australia and USA, investigating the top concerns for child health problems and thus providing a framework onto which to find solutions. The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne through its National Child Health Poll established that that excessive screen time was the greatest parental concern, and that the top ten concerns related to modern lifestyle, mental health and child safety. Similarly, the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on children's health selected a national sample of adults to identify health topics that are a "big problem" for children and teenagers. The 2017 report identified bullying/cyberbullying as the greatest concern. However there is no available evidence about studies being conducted in the United Kingdom to find out what parents/guardians and paediatricians report as the top child and adolescent health problems.

The information would be valuable to the health professionals at the point of care, as well as the national healthcare system. This study analyses information from groups on both the supply and demand side of child and adolescent healthcare. Understanding the different perceptions of child and adolescent health problems between healthcare professionals and parents/guardians can lead to improved follow-up care and compliance with advice. Information from this study can be used as a basis for the establishment of a UK national poll that would further investigate public concerns for child health.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-06-11
• Study First Posted: 2018-06-20
• Study Start: 2018-07-31
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-28
• Study Completion: 2019-06-28
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 425

Inclusion Criteria

• Parents/Guardians attending GOSH NHS Foundation Trust Outpatients
• Paediatricians practicing at GOSH

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Exclusion Criteria

• Parents/Guardians and Paediatricians outside the GOSH or NHS England
• Children aged under 18 years old
• Inpatients
• Parents/Guardians who cannot communicate in English and do not have an interpreter
• Participants who have previously responded to the questionnaire
• Outpatient coordinator or Nurse in Charge feels that the potential participant may be vulnerable, or have complex issues.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adequacy of NHS perceptions	12 Months	Parents and Paediatricians are asked to decide if they think the NHS is adequately addressing adolescent and child health issues, on a 5-point Likert scale rating agreement with the statement.; 5 categorical ordinal responses from better to worse; Strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree. These rankings will be recoded in analysis as 'Disagree' (Strongly disagree, disagree) and 'Do not disagree' (Neutral, agree, strongly agree).
Determination of Top 10 Child Health Concerns	12 Months	Ranking of Top Child Health Concerns by Parents and Paediatricians, which will obtained by asking both groups to state on a 4-point Likert scale on how they rate the significance of each of 30 child health concerns.; 4 categorical ordinal responses from better to worse; Not a problem, small problem, moderate problem and large problem. These rankings will be analysed with weighted values assigned (0, 1, 2, 3). There is an option for I don't know.; This will enable determination of top 10 child health concerns
Determination of Top 3 information sources for parents and paediatricians	12 Months	Parents and Paediatricians are asked to list their top three information sources, and these will be analysed to determine the three most common sources of information for each group.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health; 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom