None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This online mental health check aims to identify and detect symptoms of anxiety and depression in children, while triaging aims to increase children’s access to evidence-based care to support children’s mental health. The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the mental health check and the provision of triage information increases access to care by conducting a school based randomised controlled trial. Specifically, this study aims to answer the following question: Does personalized triaging significantly improve access to evidence-based mental health care for children aged 6 to 12 years compared to children aged 6 to 12 years receiving standard care?
Interventions
The mental health check is a questionnaire delivered on a website that offers a way for parents and children to answer questions on symptoms of anxiety and depression. The responses will be automatically and immediately scored using algorithms, and the data will be transformed into a PDF report (e.g., test description, scores, elevated/not elevated). The report also includes “triage” information about services and resources that can support the child (e.g., psychoeducation, parenting resources,
The mental health check is a questionnaire delivered on a website that offers a way for parents and children to answer questions on symptoms of anxiety and depression. The responses will be automatically and immediately scored using algorithms, and the data will be transformed into a PDF report (e.g., test description, scores, elevated/not elevated). The report also includes “triage” information about services and resources that can support the child (e.g., psychoeducation, parenting resources, links to services, recommendations to see a psychologist or GP). Information contained in this report is tailored depending on the severity of the scores. Parents can email, download, or print the report. The study design is a school-based study where we aim to conduct an individual randomized controlled trial with two intervention arms. Data will be collected during a baseline assessment and follow up assessments at 5 and 10 weeks. Parent and child report data will be collected using online questionnaires completed via a website on participants' own personal devices. Triage vs. Standard Care. The key difference is who receives the triage information (only the triage condition will receive this information). Participants (children and their parents) in both conditions will be asked to complete the Online Mental Health Check and outcome assessments (access to care, help seeking, stigma) at a time and place of their choosing at baseline, 5 weeks and 10 weeks. Each set of questionnaires should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Adherence to completion of the assessments will be monitored by Qualtrics reports (parents).
Sponsors
University of New South Wales
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
• Children in Years 3 to 6 who are able to access a device to complete the study questions, can consent and complete questions online (with help if needed) • Parents/carers of a child in Year K to 6 who are able to access a device to complete the study questions, can consent and complete questions online (with help if needed)
Exclusion criteria
Children in Year K to 2: Do not have sufficient cognitive capacity to independently answer the check or outcome assessments.
Outcome results
None listed