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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2016; 22(8): 2611-2620
Published online Feb 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i8.2611
Outcomes and patients’ perspectives of transition from paediatric to adult care in inflammatory bowel disease
Alice L Bennett, David Moore, Peter A Bampton, Robert V Bryant, Jane M Andrews
Alice L Bennett, Robert V Bryant, Jane M Andrews, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Alice L Bennett, Peter A Bampton, Department of Gastroenterology, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders Drive, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia
Alice L Bennett, Robert V Bryant, Jane M Andrews, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
David Moore, Department of Gastroenterology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, SA 5006, Australia
Peter A Bampton, Jane M Andrews, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Author contributions: Bennett AL and Andrews JM designed the research; Bennett AL performed the research; Andrews JM and Moore D supervised the research; Bennett AL collected the data; Bennett AL and Andrews JM analysed the data; Bennett AL wrote the paper; Moore D, Bampton PA, Bryant RV and Andrews JA revised the manuscript for important intellectual content; all authors have read and approved the final version to be published.
Supported by Alice Bennett received financial support during her research year from AbbVie.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committees of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Network Human Research Ethics Committee (project identification: HREC 12/WCHN/95), Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Ethics Committee (project identification: HREC/12/WCHN/95 SSA/13/RAH/79) and Southern Adelaide Clinical Human Research Ethics Committee (project identification: 195.13).
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Bennett AL has received grant funding from AbbVie to support part-salary and has presented at educational meetings for Abbvie, Janssen and Shire. Bampton PA has received research funding from Abbvie and Janssen; is on the advisory boards for Abbvie and Janssen and has presented at educational meetings for Abbvie, Janssen, Shire and Ferring. Andrews JA has received research funding from Abbvie, Janssen, Ferring, Abbott; is on the advisory boards for Abbvie, Janssen, Hospira, Takeda and Ferring and has presented at educational meetings for Shire, Janssen, Abbvie, Astrazeneca, Nycomed, FreseniusKabi, Aspen and Orphan For the remaining authors, none are declared.
Data sharing statement: Consent was not obtained for data sharing but the presented data are anonymised and the risk of identification is low.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Alice L Bennett, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. alicebennett14@hotmail.com
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Received: September 28, 2015
Peer-review started: September 29, 2015
First decision: November 5, 2015
Revised: November 30, 2015
Accepted: December 12, 2015
Article in press: December 14, 2015
Published online: February 28, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: Limited data exists regarding psychosocial and disease outcomes for inflammatory bowel disease patients following transition from paediatric to adult care and their perspectives on the process. Our study obtained this data through questionnaires and compared it to a matched cohort to see if the transition process itself influenced outcomes. We found that transition programs did not appear to adversely affect disease or psychosocial outcomes; however, patients have poor knowledge of their transition plan many are not strongly prepared. Current transition care practices could be optimised and this data contributes to a foundation on which future transition practices can be designed.