Digitizing and Automating the Diagnostic Psychiatric Assessment Process
For patients and families
In plain language
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
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Validation Studies, Psychiatric Diagnosis. Basic parameters: 6 years — 17 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
- Spain
- 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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Overview
This is an observational study that will be responsible for the Spanish translation and cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Electronic Semi-Structured Psychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (EPSI-C), to examine, classify, prioritize, and diagnose patients.
Detailed description
This study, part of the DADAP project, aims to transform the diagnostic evaluation process in the clinical care pathway of child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) by digitizing and automating it through an innovative solution based on explainable artificial intelligence that optimizes the delivery of health services and care in a wide range of different settings. This study is a real-world, prospective, multicenter, single-arm observational study that has gathered an international consortium formed by Sweden, Norway, Spain, and Romania. Each participating country is responsible for a specific work package.
Our research team is in charge of WP1, which involves the Spanish translation, validation, and cross-cultural adaptation of the Electronic Semi-Structured Psychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (EPSI-C). The semi-structured interview EPSI-C was developed in collaboration between the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic and the Centre for Clinical Research in Region Västmanland, Sweden. It is based on the DSM-5 diagnostic classification, and it will be used to diagnose young people aged 6 to 17.
The Spanish team is also responsible for WP4, which involves validating the feasibility of the EPSI-C tool both across and within countries through a pilot study, integrating new technologies and artificial intelligence to improve diagnostic processes.
Primary outcome measures
- Child and adolescent psychiatric assessment [Time frame: At baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Content validity [Time frame: At baseline]
- Patient acceptability [Time frame: At baseline]
- Feasibility of the EPSI-C [Time frame: At baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
\- Families and children aged 6 to 17 with a mental health referral from primary care.
Exclusion criteria
- Minors under state care without stable attachment figures to report clinical history.
- Presence of global developmental disorder or moderate to severe intellectual disability.
- Incomplete, inaccurate, or unclear medical data.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Spain · 1 center
- Plaza del Hospital Civil s/n, Pabellón 4, 1ª Planta — Málaga
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07468214 · DADAP