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Development and evaluation of an interdisciplinary information and training program for children/young people with Differences of Sex Development

Development and evaluation of an interdisciplinary information and training program for children/young people with Differences of Sex Development - Empower-DSD

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00023096
Enrollment
700
Registered
2020-10-08
Start date
2020-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

E25 Q96 Q97 Q98 Q99 Q50-Q56

Interventions

Group 1: Children and adolescents with a difference of sex development (diagnoses: turner syndrome, klinefelter syndrome, CAH, MRKH, DSD) and their parents take part in a structured, modular 2-day tra

Sponsors

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with Turner Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, XX-/XY-DSD or Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH); diagnosis confirmation by chromosome analysis, genetic test result, laboratory examination or clinical examination; children between 6-13 years; adolescents/young adults between 14-24 years; Parents/caregivers of concerned children/teenagers or young adults; professionals who conducted the training; peers who participated in the training as peer counselors or who have participated in the development of the training program; the informed consent of concerned persons (6 years and older) and parents/caregivers, professionals and peers is available.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no informed consent of participants ( patients, parents/caregivers, professionals, peers); participation in other studies dealing with training on DSD diagnosis, children between the ages of 6 and 7 without the cognitive development to participate in the educational programme

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Quality of life by questionnaire (KINDL, WHO-5, Cantrill ladder) at time t0 (before training), t2 (3 months after training), t3 (6 months after training)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
diagnosis relevant knowledge/ health knowledge, coping, disease burden, shame at times t0, t2, t3 by means of self-constructed questions, adapted CODI, BIS; satisfaction with training program directly after the training on t1 (adapted ZUF-8)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnne Eyck

Charité-Universitätsmedizin BerlinSPZ interdisziplinär – Bereich Endokrinologie

empower-dsd@charite.de0049 30 450 566 334

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 1, 2026