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Table 2 Transition program outcomes

From: Outcomes of transitional care programs on adolescent chronic inflammatory systemic diseases: systematic review and meta-analyses

Study

Active disease

Satisfaction

HRQoL

At transfer

At follow-up

Scale a

At follow-up

Scale a

At transfer

At follow-up

Scale a

Cole, 2015 [29]

Tr: 14/44 (31.8%)

nTr: 17/28 (77.3%)

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Jensen, 2015

[30]

NR

NR

NR

Tr: 42 (range 16—50)

nTr: NR

10-item questionnaire created by authors. Range between 5 (negative) and 50 (positive)

NR

NR

NR

Van den Brink, 2019

[19]

Tr: 5/35 (14.3%)

nTr: NA

NR

NR

Tr: < 5.5 0 (0%)

5.5–7 11 (31.4%)

 > 7 24 (68.6%)

nTr: NA

Graded by the patients on a 10-point scale

NR

NR

NR

Otto, 2019 [20]

Tr: 4/21 (19%)

nTr: 5/24 (21%)

Tr: 1/21 4.8%

nTr: 6/24 25%

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Sattoe, 2020

[31]

Tr: 13/56 (23.6%)

nTr: 27/54 (50%)

Tr: 2/30 (6.9%)

nTr: 6/24 25%

NR

Tr: 7.4 (SD 1.3)

nTr: 6.8 (SD 1.2)

Graded by the patients on a 10-point scale

NR

Tr: 78.3 (SD 23.8)

nTr: 77.6 (SD 15.4)

Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory Young Adult. Range between 0 and 100 (highest HRQoL)

Shaw, 2006

McDonagh, 2007

[9, 33]

NR

NR

PGA, number of active and limited joints, VAS-global, VAS-pain

Tr: -0.3 (-3.5, 6.0)

nTr: NA

Mind the Gap. Range between − 7 (most satisfied) and 7 (most unsatisfied)

Tr: 2.7 (IQR 1,6.8)

nTr: NA

Tr: -0.3 (IQR -3.8, 5.6)

nTr: NA

Juvenile Arthritis Quality of Life Questionnaire (JAQQ). Range between 1 to 7 (lower HRQoL)

Hilderson, 2015 [24]

Tr: 10/23 (43.5%)

nTr: 9/23 (39%)

NR

CHAD-QI

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Walter, 2018 [32]

NR

NR

Number of active and painful joints, ESR

Tr: 7.5 (SD 1.9) / 74.5 (SD 12.1)

nTr: 7.7 (SD 0.8) / 72 (SD 14.7)

Visual analogue scale (VAS)

On your own feet (OYOF-TES)

NR

NR

NR

Cramm, 2013 [26]

NR

NR

NR

Tr: 0.3 (0.9)

nTr: NA

Mind the Gap. Range between − 7 (most satisfied) and 7 (most unsatisfied)

NR

Tr: Emotional 74.8 (SD 17.6)

Physical 61.8 (SD 16.9)

Social 76 (SD 16.6)

nTr: NA

DISABKIDS condition-generic module questionnaire

Testa, 2018

[27]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Corsello, 2021 [28]

Tr: 20/82 (24.4%)

nTr: NA

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Tr: 53.9 (SD 9.8)

nTr: NA

SIBDQ

Gray, 2019 [21]

Tr: 42/135 (31.1%)

nTr: 4/18 (23.5%)

Tr: 24/135 (17.8%)

nTr: 2/18 (11.7%)

PGA

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Schmidt, 2015 [22]

NR

NR

NR

Tr: 4.04 (SD 0.92)

nTr: NR

CHS-SUN self

NR

NR

EUROHIS QOL-8

WHOQOL-Bref

DISABKIDS Chronic Generic Measure

Schütz, 2019 [23]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Tr: 170 (SD 27)

nTr: 158 (SD 39)

IBDQ

  1. Tr Transition intervention group, nTr Control group (standard of care, non-transitional care, or transfer to adult clinic), NR Not reported, NA Not available (i.e. study with no control group), a Scale instrument, tool or definition used for the assessment of the outcome
  2. aScale, instrument, tool or definition used for the assessment of the outcome