Changes in Children and Young People's Well-being and Parental Stress While Seeking Help at CAMHS in Denmark. How Does Waiting Affect CYP and Their Parents Before, During and After CAMHS Assessments.
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: Mental Health Help-Seeking, Mental Health Difficulties, Help-Seeking Behavior, Waiting Times, Patient Pathways, Effect of Lifestyle-related, Clinical and Demographic Parameters on Outcomes. Basic parameters: 2 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
- Denmark
- 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
Questionnaire-based longitudinal cohort study. Families on the waiting list for an assessment with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are invited to complete questionnaires including the Parental Stress Scale, and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. A selection of families will also be invited to parttake in interviews, on their experience of waiting for CAMHS.
Primary outcome measures
- Change in SDQ-score one year after referral date [Time frame: From referral date to one year follow-up]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age 2-17 years old.
- Lives at home
- Accepted referral
- At least one parent understands/speaks Danish
Exclusion criteria
- In foster care
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
Denmark · 1 center
- Research Unit for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, AalborgUH — Aalborg
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07553104 · Waitlist-study-AAU25