The utility of standardised pre-clinical assessment based on the Development And Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) in a child and adolescent mental health service

ISRCTN	ISRCTN19935149
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN19935149
Secondary identifying numbers	N/A

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Prof Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
Scientific

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Zurich
Neumuensterallee 9
POB
Zurich
CH-8032
Switzerland

Phone	+41 4349 92730
Email	hans-christoph.steinhausen@kjpd.uzh.ch

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Diagnostic
Scientific title
Study objectives	1. The agreement between pre-clinical assessment (DAWBA based) and blind clinical assessment is incomplete. 2. The disclosure of pre-clinical assessment diagnoses will have an effect on clinical diagnoses including comorbidities. 3. Parents and adolescents will display acceptance and satisfaction with pre-clinical assessment based on the DAWBA.
Ethics approval(s)	The trial was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Canton of Zurich, Specialized Subcommittee Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, on the 1st June 2007.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Childhood psychiatric disorders
Intervention	The provision of diagnostic information based on the DAWBA to the clinicians treating the intervention group. The control group will undergo a normal clinical assessment. The diagnostic information will be gathered from parents, adolescents above the age of 11 years, and teachers.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	The level of agreement between the pre-clinical assessment and the clinical assessment.
Secondary outcome measures	Clinical routine ratings by the clinicians and parents.
Overall study start date	01/09/2007
Completion date	31/08/2008

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Lower age limit	5 Years
Upper age limit	18 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	500
Key inclusion criteria	The trial will include referrals from four outpatient clinics of the service. Patients will be aged 5-18 years.
Key exclusion criteria	Children of parents with insufficient unterstanding of German and emergency referrals will be excluded.
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2007
Date of final enrolment	31/08/2008

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Zurich
CH-8032
Switzerland

University of Zurich (Switzerland)
University/education

Neumuensterallee 9
Postfach
Zurich
CH-8032
Switzerland

Website	http://www.uzh.ch/about_en.html
"ROR"	https://ror.org/02crff812

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Research budget of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich (Switzerland)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
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Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/10/2012		Yes	No