Analysis of the Personality Characteristics and Lifestyle of Young People Who Access Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Using a structured questionnaire to collect quantitative and qualitative data on adolescents' experiences and perceptions. The Italian version of the Mentalization Questionnaire (MZQ) was develop.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Personality, Life Style. Basic parameters: 13 years — 21 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Italy
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Analysis of the Personality Characteristics and Lifestyle of Young People Who Access Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics: a Qualitative Study
Overview
Considering the growing importance of services psychiatric and psychological for adolescence and adulthood incidence of discomfort expressed in this age group, comes assessed the need to provide adequate and targeted services. Reasons: The study aims to evaluate the characteristics and trends of adolescents who access the service, in order to frame the type of discomfort expressed and the expectations with respect to access to the service and the resource base on which it can the therapeutic intervention must be thought out and organised. Furthermore, the study aims to identify the factors that influence the request for help and evaluate the quality of the assistance received, with the aim of improving it effectiveness.
Interventions
- Diagnostic test Using a structured questionnaire to collect quantitative and qualitative data on adolescents' experiences and perceptions. The Italian version of the Mentalization Questionnaire (MZQ) was develop
Using a structured questionnaire to collect quantitative and qualitative data on adolescents' experiences and perceptions. * The Italian version of the Mentalization Questionnaire (MZQ) was developed as a self-rated instrument to assess mentalization. It consists of 15 items with responses ranging from 1 = 'no agreement at all' to 5 = 'total agreement' on a 5-point Likert scale. Calculated sum scores for the total scale range from 15 to 75 with higher scores indicating lower mentalization capac
Primary outcome measures
- Analyze the characteristics of adolescents who access the clinic, both with respect to the discomfort presented and the resources available to them [Time frame: one year]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Relate these characteristics to the ways of relating within the family, through meetings that also involve their parents [Time frame: one year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
\- Participants will be selected based on their age between 13 and 21, their availability to sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients who do not give their consent are excluded from the study.
- Patients who do not speak fluent Italian or those who due to cognitive and/or thinking characteristics would not be able to understand or complete the questionnaire are also excluded.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Italy · 1 center
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli IRCCS — Rome
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06757205 · 7088