Key result
Focused transition programs can ease adult care transfer concerns for adolescents with epilepsy and families.
Why the study?
Adolescents with childhood-onset epilepsy face complex uncertainties and concerns when transferring from pediatric to adult health care settings.
A focused transition program can ease the concerns and barriers associated with transferring pediatric patients with epilepsy to the adult health care system.
Hypothesis-generating for epilepsy transition programs; leaves open optimal design pending prospective trials before adoption.
Adolescents with childhood-onset epilepsy, along with their families, must navigate a complex constellation of uncertainties related to physical, psychological, and social changes as well as medical and possibly legal ramifications as they approach adulthood. Transferring from the familiar pediatric setting to the adult health care system can be a time of concern because of actual and/or perceived differences between the settings (e.g., uncertainty about the patient entering a completely new system, providers focused on adults rather than children, patient behavior in a new environment, and less parental involvement). These concerns can be eased by a focused transition program, with clinicians providing a guiding hand for a smooth transfer into adult health care.
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Perry et al. (2026) conducted a review in Childhood-onset epilepsy. Focused transition program was evaluated. A focused transition program can ease the concerns of adolescents with childhood-onset epilepsy and their families as they transfer from pediatric to adult health care systems.
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