What is it about?
This study analyzed the transitional care pathway of 104 adolescents who were eligible for transition to adult services from the age of 16 years among a cohort of 504 patients diagnosed with ADHD from childhood from a local District Community Paediatric service. Our current transitional care pathway was reviewed and revised.
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Why is it important?
A total of 73% of eligible patients were either discharged or lost to follow-up. The study reiterates that there must be some flexibility in the referral pathway to the adult ADHD services to allow some of the adolescents who were previously lost to follow-up to be re-referred by other primary or secondary care healthcare professionals if the need arises in the future.
Perspectives
A total of 73% of eligible patients were either discharged or lost to follow-up. The study reiterates that there must be some flexibility in the referral pathway to the adult ADHD services to allow some of the adolescents who were previously lost to follow-up to be re-referred by other primary or secondary care healthcare professionals if the need arises in the future.
Dr Michael O Ogundele
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Postgraduate Medical Centre
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This page is a summary of: An audit of transitional care for adolescents with ADHD in a North West England district, Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2012, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301885.307.
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