Assessment of pre-clinical psychiatric interview methodologies for pre-screening of mental health disorders in children and adolescents aged 10-19 years Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
This interventional study employs a prospective, controlled, mixed-methods design with three randomized arms to evaluate different approaches to pre-clinical psychiatric interviews for children and ad
Sponsors
University Clinical Centre Maribor
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
10 Years to 19 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Included in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric treatment: patients of the Unit for pediatric and adolescent psychiatry of the University Medical Centre Maribor (inpatient or outpatient) 2. Age Range: 10 - 19 years old at the time of consent. 3. Cognitive Ability: Participants must have the cognitive capacity to understand and respond to the questions posed in the interviews. This can be preliminarily assessed through a short standardized cognitive screening appropriate for the age group. 4. Language Proficiency: Participants must be fluent in the language in which the interviews are conducted to ensure accurate understanding and response to the questions. 5. Consent: Participants must be able to provide written informed consent or assent, and legal guardians must provide written informed consent for participation in the study for those younger than 15. 6. Availability: Participants must be available for the duration required to complete all study components, including any follow-up evaluations or debriefings.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Intellectual disability: Children and adolescents with mild to severe intellectual disabilities that may interfere with their ability to understand or engage with the interview process as designed. 2. Urgent Psychiatric Conditions: Children and adolescents experiencing life-threatening conditions or other conditions requiring immediate psychiatric treatment; e.g. agitation, aggression, acute psychosis 3. Sensory Impairments: Children with uncorrected hearing or visual impairments that would prevent interaction with the chatbot, human interviewer, or robot, unless reasonable accommodations can ensure effective participation. 4. Medical Conditions: Severe medical conditions or instability that could interfere with the participant’s ability to attend sessions or respond reliably, such as uncontrolled epilepsy or significant physical illnesses requiring intensive care.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The relevance, the content (also consider language is age-appropriate), and the value of the pre-clinical interview questionnaire for child and adolescent psychiatric practice. Measured using a custom questionnaire for experts to evaluate the value of a screening interview, focusing on information relevance, clinical utility, and integration with other assessments. The questionnaire will assess how the interview contributes to understanding children's and adolescents' mental health, treatment planning, and overall clinical evaluation. The questionnaire is applied once and after reviewing each diary recording 2. Feasibility and willingness of children and adolescents to carry out and complete the interview independently. Measured using custom participant questionnaire (2 items) and BFI-2-XS and ITAS, before the experiment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Compare the effectiveness and responses when the interview is moderated by different methods: a chatbot as a moderator, a human moderator, and a socially assistive humanoid robot as moderator measured using BIDR-16 immediately after the experiment 2. Evaluate the user experience (UX) of children and adolescents under the different moderators using a combination of G-MISS and custom participant questionnaire (1 item) with the screening interview immediately after the experiment | — |
Countries
Slovenia
Contacts
Public ContactIzidor Mlakar
Outcome results
None listed