Background The prevalence of physical chronic or long-term conditions in adolescents
aged 10-24 years is rising. Mobile phone and tablet mobile technologies featuring software …

Sleep has an important role in maintaining health and wellbeing; this relationship is
becoming increasingly recognised for adolescents and young adults. Many physicians will …

The origin of paediatric rheumatology in the UK mainly lies in adult rheumatology and this
has proved invaluable in terms of transition provision, education and training, and …

Objective The UK Juvenile‐Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (JSLE) Cohort Study is a
multicenter collaborative network established with the aim of improving the understanding of …

To develop standards and recommendations for transitional care for young people (YP) with
juvenile-onset rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (jRMD). The consensus process …

The development of transitional care is one of the major challenges for the twenty‐first
century as the survival rates and medical outcomes for child and adolescent recipients of …

P reventing adolescents becoming lost in the transfer between paediatric and adult health
services is a major challenge for healthcare providers, paediatric and adult alike. Until …

This article describes the development and initial evaluation of an evidence-based transitional
care programme recently implemented in a multicentre controlled trial in the United …

Objective: To assess the provisions made for the transfer of adolescents with juvenile
idiopathic arthritis to adult rheumatology clinics in the UK and the impact of a transitional care …

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common inflammatory joint condition of
childhood and represents seven JIA subtypes characterised by distinct clinical and laboratory …