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Key patient-reported outcomes in children and adolescents with intoxication-type inborn errors of metabolism: an international Delphi-based consensus.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute intoxication-type inborn errors of metabolism (IT-IEM) such as urea cycle disorders and non-acute IT-IEM such as phenylketonuria (PKU) and their treatment have a major impact on the life of affected children and families. Yet patients' and parents' perspectives on the burdens of IT-IEM and its effects on everyday functioning and well-being have rarely been addressed. Patient- and observer-reported outcomes (PROs/ObsROs) are critically important to evaluate and target health care and treatment efficacy. Therefore, it is mandatory to define PROs/ObsROs relevant to patients with IT-IEM, their families, and health care professionals and to provide valid, standardised and reliable measuring instruments. To achieve consensus we performed a two-round, electronic-based modification of a Delphi survey including 27 parents of affected children, nine teenage patients and 35 health professionals (physicians, nutritionists, psychologists). The final set of PROs/ObsROs was discussed and defined in an online consensus meeting with a subsample of three health professionals, three parents and two patients. For this final set, appropriate measures (PROMs/ObsROMs) were assembled.

Results

Seventeen PROs/ObsROs constitute the final core set for paediatric IT-IEM. They cover social (e.g. social participation), emotional (e.g. positive affect), and disease-related aspects (e.g. attitude towards treatment) of patients' lives as well as the experience of parents (e.g. parental stress).

Conclusion

To promote a holistic treatment approach, this consensus-driven set of relevant PROs/ObsROs should be incorporated into daily IT-IEM care and considered as the key psychological outcomes in clinical trials. We have identified existing-psychometrically and contextual-appropriate PROMs/ObsROMs with open access to facilitate this process.

SUBMITTER: Bosch F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8800290 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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