Mental Health Related to School Dropout in Luxembourg

NCT01354236 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: AFR-CESP-20100403
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate psychosocial risk- and protective factors such as psychiatric disorder, socio-economic background and family functioning among school dropouts and to compare the findings with those by a matched control group of regularly enrolled students.

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders; Mood Disorders; Eating Disorders; Substance-related Disorders; Impulse Control Disorders; Psychotic Disorders; Antisocial Personality Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Prevalence and type of psychiatric disorders

  Odds ratios of psychiatric disorders between cases and controls

  1.5 years

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Family variables (task fulfillment,role performance, communication, affective expression, connectedness, control behaviour, values and standards)

  1.5 years

• Socio-economic background (low, medium, high)

  1.5 years

Study Arms (2)

School dropouts

Students who quit school without graduation

Controls

Normally enrolled students matched for age, gender, school and educational level

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Cases: The ministry for education retrieves a monthly record of students classified as "school dropouts", who will be individually invited to participate in the study. Controls: Normally enrolled students who are matched for age, gender, school and educational grade. Their recruitment will be subsequent to the participation of cases.

You may qualify if:

• Enrolled in a public secondary school in Luxembourg
• Cases have to be reported as "school dropouts" in the electronic records of the ministry for education
• Informed consent obtained and signed by the adolescent and his/her legal guardian if the participant hasn't reached full age
• Understand German or French, which are the two languages of testing
• Resident in Luxembourg

You may not qualify if:

• Acute hospitalization or arrest

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Public Research Centre Health, Luxembourg: lead
• Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique: collaborator
• Université de Liège: collaborator
• Hôpital du Kirchberg: collaborator
• Ministère de l'Education nationale et de la Formation professionnelle: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Public Research Centre Health

Luxembourg, Strassen, 1445, Luxembourg

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Esch P, Bocquet V, Pull C, Couffignal S, Graas M, Lair ML, Lehnert T, Fond-Harmant L, Ansseau M. Psychosocial risk and protective factors of secondary school dropout in Luxembourg: the protocol of an exploratory case-control study. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jul 13;11:555. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-555.

  PMID: 21752239 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders; Mood Disorders; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders; Psychotic Disorders; Antisocial Personality Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders; Personality Disorders

Study Officials

• Marie-Lise Lair

  Public Research Centre Health, Luxembourg

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Pascale Esch

  Public Research Centre Health, Luxembourg

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 11, 2011
• First Posted: May 16, 2011
• Study Start: January 1, 2011
• Last Updated: May 16, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-05

Locations

LU (1)