S.T.A.A.R.T. A.S. You Mean to Go On.

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  S.T.A.A.R.T. A.S. You Mean to Go On. A Pilot Study of a healthcare questionnaire- Screening Tool for Adolescents' with Allergies Readiness for Transition to Adult Services.

• IRAS ID

  254361

• Contact name

  Judith Holloway

• Contact email

  j.holloway@soton.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Southampton

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  N/A, N/A

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 1 months, 2 days

• Research summary

  The study aims to develop and trial a sensitive tool to assess adolescents with allergies understanding of their allergies and allergy management. The tool is designed to highlight areas of allergy management that may require support during the process of transition through to the point of accessing adult services. The tool aims to highlight areas of allergy management that may require support throughout the adolescents period of being cared for by paediatric services.
  Paediatric allergy specialists, adolescents with allergies and their parents and UK Allergy Charities have been asked what questions they feel should be included in the questionnaire, from these suggestions and with consideration of the literature, including the National Institute of Clinical Excellence Guidelines for Transition a questionnaire has been devised with support from the student's supervisory team. It is proposed that this questionnaire could be trialled on a cohort of adolescents who attend a routine allergy appointment,to assess the questionnaire's acceptability and readability.

• REC name

  South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/SC/0142

• Date of REC Opinion

  11 Mar 2019

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion