Background
comorbidity
SECONDARY
Complex health complaints with compound mental and physical health challenges can appear as comorbidity, multimorbidity, medically unexplained symptoms or several diffuse health complaints that are difficult to disentangle, categorize, assess, diagnose and treat [Children and adolescents with complex health complaints are often referred to numerous medical specialists by their general practitioner for assessment and treatment [Fragmented care is a major shortcoming of modern healthcare delivery [Thus, early and interdisciplinary interventions have the potential to alleviate the burden of health complaints, on both current and future quality of life and functional level. Several studies recommend tailored interdisciplinary interventions for children and adolescents with complex health complaints [Researchers have developed an interdisciplinary half-day intervention, the Transitioning Patients Trajectories (TpT)- intervention, for children and adolescents with complex health complaints and multiple referrals transitioning between different departments in specialist heathcare [It was unclear whether these children or adolescents and parents would agree to participate in the intervention, be able to complete the intervention, and report their experiences with it, right after. Thus, in line with the UK Medical Research Council guidelines for evaluating complex interventions [The primary aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of an interdisciplinary intervention for children and adolescents with multiple referrals and complex health complaints in terms of acceptance and completion. The secondary aim was to evaluate child/adolescent and parent experiences of the intervention.