Children, Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
adoption, children, quality of life
Brief summary
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.
Detailed 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.
Interventions
Sponsors
Nantes University Hospital
Study design
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Months to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| International adopted children global quality of life evaluation | up to 9 months | Global international adopted children quality of life score one to seven years after arrival in France, using a quality of life score : PedsQL®. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Identification of Quality of life low score risk factors | up to 9 months | Validation of the questionnaire in our population; Highlight the determiners of a bad quality of life (after dichotomization of the population, investigators will compare participants who have a score under one standard deviation to those who have a better score). |
Outcome results
None listed