NCT05678478

Perceptions,Social Representations and Experience of Lyme Borreliosis and Ticks in Adolescents Likely to be Infected and Their Parents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

the study is offered to adolescents aged 12 to 17 and their families suspected of or suffering from Lyme barilliosis. During inclusion, three interviews will be carried out for each family. This choice of the number of interviews per family seems the most appropriate to have a plurality of answers to the questions asked. Thus, these will have a duration of 30 min to 1 hour and will be carried out by an anthropologist. The first interview will be with the teenager. The second interview will then concern the parent(s). Finally, the last appointment will be with the teenager and his parents.

Detailed description

the study is offered to adolescents aged 12 to 17 and their families suspected of or suffering from Lyme barilliosis. During inclusion, three interviews will be carried out for each family. This choice of the number of interviews per family seems the most appropriate to have a plurality of answers to the questions asked. Thus, these will have a duration of 30 min to 1 hour and will be carried out by an anthropologist. The first interview will be with the teenager. The second interview will then concern the parent(s). Finally, the last appointment will be with the teenager and his parents. After a few introductory questions concerning the socio-demographic characteristics of adolescents, their medical history and their exposure to ticks, the anthropologist will ask the semi-open questions. As for the parent(s), the anthropologist will ask them questions directly related to Lyme borreliosis and the tick. Finally, questions will be proposed simultaneously during a joint interview with the teenager and his parents.

Conditions

• Lyme Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	semi-directed interview concerning the experience of adolescents and their parents on Lyme borreliosis and on the tick.	semi-structured interview on the experience of adolescents and their parents on Lyme borreliosis and the tick. The interviews will be semi-directed in physical presence. Three interviews will be conducted. The minor will be questioned first, then the parent(s). And finally, the whole family in one interview. All interviews will be audio recorded with parallel note taking in order to best transcribe the visual expressions. The interviews will be transcribed in writing and pseudonymised.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-20
• Completion: 2023-06-20
• First posted: 2023-01-10
• Last updated: 2024-07-24

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: France