Research project The assessment of adolescents’ mental illness needs to be more user-friendly and effective. We develop fine-tuned questionnaires that measures different aspects of psychological health.
Clinically, computer-administered testing (CAT) will relieve the assessment burden for patients and clinicians and is a healthy economical alternative. We have translated and validated item banks from the Patient-Report Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). We have also validated Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale for youths (MADRS-Y), and Compassion Engagement and Action Scale for Youths (CEASY).
The mental health of adolescents has deteriorated in recent years, both in Sweden but also in other industrialized countries. The assessments in healthcare need to be more user-friendly and effective. Thus, it is important to have fine-tuned questionnaires that measures different aspects of psychological health, here primarily depression, without being too burdensome or contain irrelevant or poorly formulated questions. Clinically, computer-administered testing (CAT) will relieve the assessment burden for patients and clinicians and is a healthy economical alternative. We have translated and validated item banks from the Patient-Report Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). PROMIS measure physical, social and psychological health in all pediatric care. We have also validated Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale for youths (MADRS-Y), and Compassion Engagement and Action Scale for Youths (CEASY). A naturalistic cross-sectional design has been used.
Computerized questionnaires will be more important in the future for treatment decision-makings because they will shorten the assessment process and patients can complete the questionnaires at their convenience.
