Reliability and Validity of a Digital Version of a Structured Interview for Children and Adolescents (Kinder-eDIPS)

Psychological Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Reliability, Validity and Acceptance of the Kinder-eDIPS (Diagnostisches Interview Bei Psychischen Störungen im Kindes- Und Jugendalter)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06011642
• Other study ID #: 737
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: December 3, 2021
• Est. completion date: August 2024

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: Ruhr University of Bochum
• Contact: Petra Buys
• Phone: +492343221381
• Email: petra.buys[@]rub.de
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The Kinder-eDIPS is a digital version of the Kinder-DIPS (Diagnostisches Interview bei Psychischen Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter), a structured interview to assess a variety of the most frequent psychological disorders in children and adolescents. In this study, the reliability, validity and acceptance of the Kinder-eDIPS will be tested in both a clinical and a non-clinical sample.

Description:

The Kinder-eDIPS is a digital version of the Kinder-DIPS (Diagnostisches Interview bei Psychischen Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter), a structured interview to assess a variety of the most frequent psychological disorders in children and adolescents. The interview is administered by trained clinicians with children/adolescents and one of their primary carers. The reliability, validity and acceptance of former versions of the Kinder-DIPS (Kinder-DIPS for DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and DSM-III) have been studied. The aim of the present study is to test the reliability, validity and acceptance of the newly developed digital version of the Kinder-DIPS, the Kinder-eDIPS, in both a clinical and a non-clinical sample.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: August 2024
• Est. primary completion date: August 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• sufficient knowledge of the German language

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Psychological Disease

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Diagnostisches Interview bei psychischen Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter, digitale Version (Kinder-eDIPS)
The Kinder-eDIPS is a digital, structured interviews which assesses the most frequent psychological disorders. It exists in a parent and a child version. It can be delivered by trained clinicians and takes between 60 and 120 minutes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Ruhr-University	Bochum	North-Rhine Westphalia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ruhr University of Bochum

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Acceptance of the Interview	Questionnaire assessing children's/adolescent's and parent's perception of the interview	within 1 week of the other measures
Primary	Kinder-eDIPS	digital, structured interview for children, adolescents and their parents/primary carers	within 1 week of the other measures
Secondary	Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)	Questionnaire assessing emotional symptoms,conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems and prosocial behaviour in 4-17 year olds (child and parent version)	within 1 week of the other measures
Secondary	Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS)	Questionnaire assessing anxiety symptoms in 7-17 year olds (child and parent version)	within 1 week of the other measures
Secondary	Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ)	Questionnaire assessing depressive symptomology in 6-17 year olds (child and parent version)	within 1 week of the other measures
Secondary	Child and Adolescent Trauma Screening (CATS)	Questionnaire assessing potentially traumatic events and posttraumatic stress symptoms in 7-17 year olds (child and parent version)	within 1 week of the other measures
Secondary	Short form of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire adapted for children (ChEDE-Q8)	Questionnaire assessing eating disorder psychopathology in 7-18 year olds (only child version)	within 1 week of the other measures