Comparison of YouthCHAT, an Electronic Composite Psychosocial Screener, With a Clinician Interview Assessment for Young People: Randomized Controlled Trial

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aut.relation.issue12
aut.relation.journalJournal of Medical Internet Research
aut.relation.startpagee13911
aut.relation.volume21
dc.contributor.authorThabrew, H
dc.contributor.authorD'Silva, S
dc.contributor.authorDarragh, M
dc.contributor.authorGoldfinch, M
dc.contributor.authorMeads, J
dc.contributor.authorGoodyear-Smith, F
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T01:36:13Z
dc.date.available2024-05-22T01:36:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Psychosocial problems such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse are common and burdensome in young people. In New Zealand, screening for such problems is undertaken routinely only with year 9 students in low-decile schools and opportunistically in pediatric settings using a nonvalidated and time-consuming clinician-administered Home, Education, Eating, Activities, Drugs and Alcohol, Sexuality, Suicide and Depression, Safety (HEEADSSS) interview. The Youth version, Case-finding and Help Assessment Tool (YouthCHAT) is a relatively new, locally developed, electronic tablet-based composite screener for identifying similar psychosocial issues to HEEADSSS Objective: This study aimed to compare the performance and acceptability of YouthCHAT with face-to-face HEEADSSS assessment among 13-year-old high school students. Methods: A counterbalanced randomized trial of YouthCHAT screening either before or after face-to-face HEEADSSS assessment was undertaken with 129 13-year-old New Zealand high school students of predominantly M ori and Pacific Island ethnicity. Main outcome measures were comparability of YouthCHAT and HEEADSSS completion times, detection rates, and acceptability to students and school nurses. Results: YouthCHAT screening was more than twice as fast as HEEADSSS assessment (mean 8.57 min vs mean 17.22 min; mean difference 8 min 25 seconds [range 6 min 20 seconds to 11 min 10 seconds]; P<.01) and detected more issues overall on comparable domains. For substance misuse and problems at home, both instruments were roughly comparable. YouthCHAT detected significantly more problems with eating or body image perception (70/110, 63.6% vs 25/110, 22.7%; P<.01), sexual health (24/110, 21.8% vs 10/110, 9.1%; P=.01), safety (65/110, 59.1% vs 17/110, 15.5%; P<.01), and physical inactivity (43/110, 39.1% vs 21/110, 19.1%; P<.01). HEEADSSS had a greater rate of detection for a broader set of mental health issues (30/110, 27%) than YouthCHAT (11/110, 10%; P=.001), which only assessed clinically relevant anxiety and depression. Assessment order made no significant difference to the duration of assessment or to the rates of YouthCHAT-detected positive screens for anxiety and depression. There were no significant differences in student acceptability survey results between the two assessments. Nurses identified that students found YouthCHAT easy to answer and that it helped students answer face-to-face questions, especially those of a sensitive nature. Difficulties encountered with YouthCHAT included occasional Wi-Fi connectivity and student literacy issues. Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence regarding the shorter administration time, detection rates, and acceptability of YouthCHAT as a school-based psychosocial screener for young people. Although further research is needed to confirm its effectiveness in other age and ethnic groups, YouthCHAT shows promise for aiding earlier identification and treatment of common psychosocial problems in young people, including possible use as part of an annual, school-based, holistic health check.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Medical Internet Research, ISSN: 1439-4456 (Print); 1438-8871 (Online), JMIR Publications Inc., 21(12), e13911-. doi: 10.2196/13911
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/13911
dc.identifier.issn1439-4456
dc.identifier.issn1438-8871
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17583
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJMIR Publications Inc.
dc.relation.urihttps://www.jmir.org/2019/12/e13911/
dc.rights©Hiran Thabrew, Simona D'Silva, Margot Darragh, Mary Goldfinch, Jake Meads, Felicity Goodyear-Smith. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 03.12.2019. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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dc.subjectadolescents
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjecteHealth
dc.subjectmass screening
dc.subjectprimary health care
dc.subjectschool health services
dc.subjectsubstance-related disorders
dc.subject4203 Health Services and Systems
dc.subject42 Health Sciences
dc.subjectPrevention
dc.subjectClinical Research
dc.subjectHealth Services
dc.subjectBrain Disorders
dc.subjectBehavioral and Social Science
dc.subjectClinical Trials and Supportive Activities
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectPediatric
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subject3 Good Health and Well Being
dc.subject08 Information and Computing Sciences
dc.subject11 Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subject17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
dc.subjectMedical Informatics
dc.subject4203 Health services and systems
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMass Screening
dc.subject.meshPsychology
dc.subject.meshTelemedicine
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMass Screening
dc.subject.meshPsychology
dc.subject.meshTelemedicine
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMass Screening
dc.subject.meshPsychology
dc.subject.meshTelemedicine
dc.titleComparison of YouthCHAT, an Electronic Composite Psychosocial Screener, With a Clinician Interview Assessment for Young People: Randomized Controlled Trial
dc.typeJournal Article
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