Digital blended care and aftercare for children with mental health conditions: Views of children, caregivers, and mental health practitioners

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00037018

Enrollment

Registered

2025-05-30

Start date

2025-06-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-11-24

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Conditions

internalizing psychiatric disorders externalizing psychiatric disorders

Interventions

Group 1: Elementary school-aged children with mental health conditions who are receiving full or partial (day clinic) inpatient care at a psychiatric hospital Group 2: Parents and legal guardians Grou

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Children: aged six to eleven years; undergoing partial or full psychiatric-psychotherapeutic treatment in one of the collaborating hospitals for children and adolescents; sufficient German language skills; informed consent of participants themselves and their legal guardians 2. Parents and legal guardians of elementary school-aged children receiving psychiatric treatment: of legal age; abilty to provide informed consent; sufficient German language skills; informed consent into participation 3. Mental health professionals: of legal age; abilty to provide informed consent; sufficient German language skills; involved in the treatment of children with psychiatric disorders (potential occupational groups: nurses, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, prospective mental health professionals in advanced stages of their training); professional experience in the treatment of children with psychiatric disorders; informed consent into participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Kinder: intellectual disability; not meeting abovementioned inclusion criteria 2. Parents and legal guardians: not meeting abovementioned inclusion criteria 3. Mental health professionals: not meeting abovementioned inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
For this study, a qualitative approach is planned. Transcribed statements of the children, parents/ legal guardians, and mental health practitioners collected in the respective focus groups will be analysed. Perspectives towards potential functionalities, design characteristics, and contents of a digital, gamification-based intervention for blended care and aftercare as well as potential facilitators and barriers to its implementation will be investigated. Additionally, medical-ethical impacts of the intervention-use on relational aspects between the target groups and facilitators for ethical interactions with the intervention will be extracted.	—

Measure

Time frame

For this study, a qualitative approach is planned. Transcribed statements of the children, parents/ legal guardians, and mental health practitioners collected in the respective focus groups will be analysed. Perspectives towards potential functionalities, design characteristics, and contents of a digital, gamification-based intervention for blended care and aftercare as well as potential facilitators and barriers to its implementation will be investigated. Additionally, medical-ethical impacts of the intervention-use on relational aspects between the target groups and facilitators for ethical interactions with the intervention will be extracted.

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Countries

Germany, Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactStephanie Bauer

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Forschungsstelle für Psychotherapie

stephanie.bauer@med.uni-heidelberg.de+49 6221 567345

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026