Quality of Life and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents

NCT00159601 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NTNU-47019800
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 2,342
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate different aspects of Quality of Life and mental health in patients under treatment in a child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinic and in the normal population.

Conditions

Psychiatric Diagnosis; Mental Disorders

Keywords

Quality of Life; Mental health; Children; Adolescents; Normal population

Study Arms (2)

outpatients in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

youth from general population

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients 8-10 years of age consecutively referred to the child psychiatric outpatient clinic in the period from 1th of June 2003 until 31th of December 2005, having a minimum of two direct contacts with the clinical staff. Follow up study finished in 2008.

You may qualify if:

• All children 9-16 years of age, attending the 4th, 6th, 8th or 10th grades at public or private schools with at least 50 pupils, in the period from the 1st of September 2004 until 15th of July 2005 in the county of Sør-Trøndelag. Subjects and parents have to give their informed consent.
• All patients 8-10 years of age consecutively referred to to the child psychiatric outpatient clinic in the period from the 1st of June 2003 until 31st of December 2005, having a minimum of two direct contacts with the clinical staff. Patients and parents have to give their informed consent.
• Follow up: Three years after the patients met at the outpatient clinic for the first time.

You may not qualify if:

• Pupils lacking sufficient competence in the Norwegian language, due to foreign background or having a mental developmental level of more than two grades under the respective grade.
• Patients with psychosis or serious mental retardation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology: lead
• Norwegian Council for Mental Health: collaborator
• SINTEF Health Research: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, NO-7489, Norway

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Jozefiak T, Sonnichsen Kayed N. Self- and proxy reports of quality of life among adolescents living in residential youth care compared to adolescents in the general population and mental health services. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2015 Jul 22;13:104. doi: 10.1186/s12955-015-0280-y.

  PMID: 26197764 RESULT

• Jozefiak T, Larsson B, Wichstrom L, Wallander J, Mattejat F. Quality of Life as reported by children and parents: a comparison between students and child psychiatric outpatients. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 Nov 22;8:136. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-136.

  PMID: 21092189 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders; Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Thomas Jozefiak, M.D.

  NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 9, 2005
• First Posted: September 12, 2005
• Study Start: June 1, 2003
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2008
• Study Completion: December 1, 2008
• Last Updated: April 4, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (1)