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Pediatrics and Early Intervention: Evaluation of a complex intervention for the cross-sectoral care of families with psychosocial problems

Pediatrics and Early Intervention: Evaluation of a complex intervention for the cross-sectoral care of families with psychosocial problems - P.A.T.H.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00023461
Enrollment
800
Registered
2020-12-03
Start date
2021-06-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Families with psychosocial burdens, which are important for the healthy further development of the children. Z59 Z60 Z61 Z62 Z63 Z64 Z65

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group - Physicians who have attended topic-specific training in clinical case identification and motivational interviewing and participate in interprofessional quality circles (P

Sponsors

Nationales Zentrum Frühe Hilfen
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Only persons who have signed the informed consent are included. Families with children between 0 and 3 years of age who have a U-examination (U3-U7) with the practice pediatricians participating in the study (group 1). For intervention group: pediatrician in private practice in Baden-Württemberg. Participation in P.A.T.H.-specific training and participation in at least two quality circles within the last two years or comparable measures (e.g. relevant further training, follow-up training). For control group: pediatrician in resident practice in Bavaria Intervention and control group are referred to as group 2 in the study protocol.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For families: exclusion criterion for families (group 1) is if they do not speak any of the four languages in which the questionnaire is offered (German, Turkish, Arabic, Italian).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Percentage of families with psychosocial support needs who take advantage of early intervention services.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary proximal endpoints are the proportion of families with psychosocial needs correctly identified by the pediatricians and the proportion of burdened parents who are informed by the pediatricians about the early intervention offers and motivated to accept help. Secondary distal endpoints are the acceptance of the P.A.T.H. intervention by all participants (families with psychosocial needs, pediatricians and network partners in early intervention) and the cost-effectiveness of the P.A.T.H. intervention.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSusanne Jünemann

Nationales Zentrum Frühe Hilfen

susanne.juenemann@nzfh.de0221-8992-463

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026