F-Diagnoses according to ICD-10 (F10-F19, F30-F39, F40-F48, F50-F559, F60-F69) F10-F19 F30-F39 F40-F48 F50-F59 F60-F69
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: We designed a prospective cohort study without a control condition, but with pre-post comparisons, in order to investigate possible effects of the counselling provided by clinical staff worki
Sponsors
Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients/parents: - Target sample size: 147 - 18 to 65 years old - Receiving inpatient, outpatient or day-care treatment at one of the participating clinics - Biological or legal parenthood for at least one child between the ages of 1.5 and 17 with whom there is regular contact (at least every two weeks) - ICD-10 diagnosis of a mental or behavioural disorder (including behavioral and substance addiction) - Valid written and informed consent to participate has been obtained Children: - Target sample size: 147 - 6 to 17 years old - There is regular contact (at least every two weeks) with the parent participating in the study - There is valid written and informed consent from the parent participating in the study that the study personnel may contact the child and that the child may participate in the study - Valid written and informed consent for the child's participation in the study has been obtained from the child and any (other) legal guardian(s), if applicable Child Advocates ("Kinderbeauftragte"), Family Advocates (("Familienbeauftragte"), leading personnel: - Target sample size: All Child and Family Advocates for the quantitative survey; sample of Child Advocates, all Family Advocates and approx. two leading persons per centre - 18 to 67 years old - Child Advocates ("Kinderbeauftragte*r"), Family Advocates (("Familienbeauftragte*r"), leading personnel in a participating study centre - Valid written and informed consent to participate in the study has been obtained Other employees without a function as Child or Family Advocate: - Target sample size: All other employees who fulfil the inclusion criteria - 18 to 67 years old - Employee in an inpatient, outpatient or day-care unit with their own Child Advocate - At least a half-time position - Working in the day service
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients/parents: - Underage patients and patients over 65 years of age - Patients not able to give consent - Participation in this study in the past - Lack of ability to communicate with study staff, answer questions or complete questionnaires - Refusal to participate in the study Children: - Adult children or children under 6 years of age - Refusal of the child's study participation by the child, the parent participating in the study or at least one other custodial person Child Advocates ("Kinderbeauftragte"), Family Advocates (("Familienbeauftragte"), leading personnel: - Minors and persons over 67 years of age - Persons unable to give consent - Lack of ability to communicate with study staff, answer questions or complete questionnaires - Refusal to participate in the study Other employees without a function as Child or Family Advocate: - Minors and persons over 67 years of age - Refusal to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parental stress (Parental Stress Scale – PSS; Kölch et al., 2022) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes to analyse the effects of the intervention on children of parents with mental or behavioural disorders (including behavioral and substance addiction): - Psychosocial stress (German external assessment version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire – SDQ; Klasen et al., 2003) - Social functioning (translated German version of the Child and Adolescent Social and Adaptive Functioning Scale – CASAFS; Price et al., 2002) - Health-related quality of life (German parent and child versions of the KINDL; Ravens-Sieberer and Bullinger, 1998a; Ravens-Sieberer and Bullinger, 1998b) - Utility values for child health (German version of the Child Health Utility 9D (CHU-9D; Stevens, 2010) Secondary outcomes to analyse the effects of the intervention on parents with mental or behavioural disorders (including behavioral and substance addiction): - Subjectively perceived impairment due to physical and psychological symptoms (Symptom-Checklist-90®-Standard – SCL-90®-S; Franke, 2014) - Health-related quality of life (German brief version of the World Health Organisation Quality of Life Assessment – WHOQOL-BREF; Conrad et al., 2016) - Internalised parent-specific stigmatisation of parents due to their illness and gender (unnamed scale translated into German; Lacey et al., 2015) - Utilisation of medical and non-medical services associated with mental illness (Fragebogen zur Inanspruchnahme medizinischer und nicht medizinischer Versorgungsleistungen bei psychischen Erkrankungen – FIMPsy; Grupp et al., 2018) Findings on promoting and inhibiting factors in the implementation of Stark im Sturm structures in different health care settings | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactYvonne Grimmer
Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
Outcome results
None listed