Digital use of standardised assessment tools for children and adolescents: can available paper-based questionnaires be used free of charge in electronic format?

Cottin, Marianne; Blum, Kathrin; Konjufca, Jon; Quevedo, Yamil; Kaaya, Sylvia; Behn, Alex; Schmeck, Klaus; Sharp, Carla; Zimmermann, Ronan

Digital use of standardised assessment tools for children and adolescents: can available paper-based questionnaires be used free of charge in electronic format?

dc.contributor.author	Cottin, Marianne
dc.contributor.author	Blum, Kathrin
dc.contributor.author	Konjufca, Jon
dc.contributor.author	Quevedo, Yamil
dc.contributor.author	Kaaya, Sylvia
dc.contributor.author	Behn, Alex
dc.contributor.author	Schmeck, Klaus
dc.contributor.author	Sharp, Carla
dc.contributor.author	Zimmermann, Ronan
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-17T17:19:06Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-17T17:19:06Z
dc.date.issued	2022-06-03
dc.description.abstract	Question: Most adolescents live in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), and about 10% of them face mental problems. The mental health provision gap in low- and middle-income countries could be addressed by evidence- based practices, however costs are implementational barriers. Digitalization can improve the accessibility of these tools and constitutes a chance for LMIC to use them more easily at a low cost. We reviewed free and brief evidence- based mental health assessment tools available for digital use to assess psychopathology across different domains in youth. Methods: For the current study, instruments from a recent review on paper-based instruments were re-used. Addi- tionally, a systematic search was conducted to add instruments for the personality disorder domain. We searched and classified the copyright and license terms available from the internet in terms of free usage and deliverability in a digital format. In the case that this information was insufficient, we contacted the authors. Results: In total, we evaluated 109 instruments. Of these instruments, 53 were free and digitally usable covering 11 mental health domains. However, retrieving information on copyright and license terms was very difficult. Conclusions: Free and digitally adaptable instruments are available, supporting the strategy of using instruments digitally to increase access. The instrument’s authors support this initiative, however, the lack of copyright information and the difficulties in contacting the authors and licence holders are barriers to using this strategy in LMIC. A compre- hensive, online instrument repository for clinical practice would be an appropriate next step to make the instruments more accessible and reduce implementation barriers.	en
dc.identifier.citation	BMC Psychiatry, Vol. 22, N°379 (2022) p.1-8.	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04023-w
dc.identifier.issn	1471-244X
dc.identifier.orcid	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9460-7190
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12254/2518
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	BioMed Central
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Chile (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 CL)
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/cl/
dc.subject.other	Digitalization	en
dc.subject.other	Evidence-based assessment	en
dc.subject.other	Low-income contexts	en
dc.subject.other	Mental health	en
dc.subject.other	Children	en
dc.subject.other	Adolescents	en
dc.title	Digital use of standardised assessment tools for children and adolescents: can available paper-based questionnaires be used free of charge in electronic format?	en
dc.type	Artículo	es