Is an integrated needs assessment a useful tool to identify needs and facilitate transition from children to adult services?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN95560877
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN95560877
Protocol serial number	N0626177027
Sponsor	Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
Funder	Bradford South and West Primary Care Trust

Submission date: 29/09/2006
Registration date: 29/09/2006
Last edited: 11/07/2017

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Nervous System Diseases

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Shiela Puri
Scientific

St James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)113 206 4591
Email	s.puri@btinternet.com

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	Is an integrated needs assessment a useful tool to identify needs and facilitate transition from children to adult services?
Study objectives	Is an integrated needs assessment a useful tool to identify needs and facilitate transition from children to adult services?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Young children with complex neurodevelopmental and health needs
Intervention	The young people and their carers will be provided with an information leaflet explaining the purpose and the design of the project and will be given the opportunity to ask questions. Participants will be randomised into 1 of 2 groups. Group 1 = Control: the control group will continue to have their routine management, including a transition plan, if appropriate, co-ordinated through their educational establishment. Group 2 = Intervention: In addition, the Intervention group will have an integrated needs assessment, co-ordinated by the principal investigator. After 1 year of the transition plan, a follow up interview with both groups will take place and questionnaires will be used. The relevant health professionals, educational staff and colleagues within social services within Leeds have been made aware of the research project through established meetings. The parents/carers with parental responsibility will be asked to give consent on behalf of the young person if they are unable to do so. Confidential and secure filing systems. A copy of the needs assessment will be given to the participants and all relevant agencies, with the appropriate consent from the participant and their carers. The collating of the information from all professionals and agencies involved in the patients care forms a crucial sharing of the information. During the presentation of the research the names of the participants will be anonymous.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	To determine whether an Integrated Needs Assessment is an appropriate tool in young people with complex disabilities that will: 1. Identify their health and social needs met and unmet 2. Identify any gaps in the service provision during the period of transition 3. Facilitate smooth transition between children and adult services 4. Assist young people and their families to maximise their opportunities for social integration, education, employment and access to health care following transition into adult services
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. To evaluate the quality of life/anxiety and stress levels in the young person and carer at the time of transition from paediatric services to adult services 2. To ascertain how long it takes to undertake the assessment
Completion date	30/01/2008

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Lower age limit	16 Years
Upper age limit	19 Years
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	84
Key inclusion criteria	1. Approx 84 young people (aged between 16-19 and who are potential school leavers) and their families will be recruited through data stored by Education Leeds 2. Young people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds will be included 3. Both males and females will be included 4. Sexual orientation will not be enquired about as this is not an exclusion criteria
Key exclusion criteria	1. Young people who have already had an integrated needs assessment in the last three years (as this will confound the results) 2. Young people who are currently residing full time in a residential home, run by social services (as we would not be able to obtain a true picture of the needs of the carer and the young person may not have a single allocated carer to provide us with the needs of the person) 3. Young people who are terminally ill will also be excluded from this group
Date of first enrolment	30/01/2006
Date of final enrolment	30/01/2008

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
England

Study participating centre

St James's University Hospital

Leeds
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes

Editorial Notes

11/07/2017: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator.