Soanes Corina, Timmons Stephen
Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
J Child Health Care. 2004 Jun;8(2):102-12. doi: 10.1177/1367493504041868.
Transition is a process that attends to the medical, psychosocial and educational needs of young people as they transfer to adult-orientated care. With a growing population of adolescents surviving with chronic illness well into adulthood, it is remarkable that empirical research has paid little attention to transition. This qualitative study examined the attitudes of young people with chronic illness who were facing transition, considering what young people wanted from a transition service and the ways in which provision could be improved from a service-user's perspective. A purposive sample of seven adolescents (aged 14-17) attending a hospital youth club were interviewed. To increase the likelihood of successful transition, strategies need to be informal, flexible, highly individualized and prepare adolescents steadily for adult services.
过渡是一个关注年轻人在转向以成人为主的护理时的医疗、心理社会和教育需求的过程。随着越来越多患有慢性病的青少年顺利步入成年，实证研究却很少关注过渡问题，这一点令人瞩目。这项定性研究考察了面临过渡的慢性病青少年的态度，考虑了年轻人希望从过渡服务中获得什么，以及从服务使用者的角度来看可以如何改进服务提供方式。对七名参加医院青年俱乐部的青少年（年龄在14 - 17岁之间）进行了有目的抽样访谈。为了增加成功过渡的可能性，策略需要是非正式的、灵活的、高度个性化的，并要让青少年稳步为成人服务做好准备。
