Clinical Utility of the Self-Report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Setting

  • Arta Kočāne (Speaker)
  • Gerhards Reinholds Miķelsons (Co-author)
  • Bezborodovs, Ņ. (Co-author)

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Description

The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of adolescent self-reported internalising and externalising difficulties in a clinical sample of adolescents seeking help in an outpatient psychiatric clinic and examine the clinical utility of the SDQ as a screening tool for predicting clinically determined mental health diagnoses.. The study was conducted at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital in Riga. The study group comprised 11-17 y.o. patients who received outpatient psychiatry care. SDQ self-report was used. It consists of emotional and peer problem subscales (combined – internalising difficulties), conduct and hyperactivity subscales (combined – externalising difficulties) and total difficulties scale. According to ICD-10, internalising disorders in this study were F3x, F4x, F50, F51, F93, externalising disorders included F1x, F90, F91, F92. When analysing the score, the Latvian community sample cut-off scores were used, 80th percentile was used for defining “high” score.. 207 valid adolescent reports were analysed. Adolescents were mostly female (60.9%, N=126), mean age 13.9 years. 58.9% had an internalising diagnosis, 23.2% an externalising diagnosis. In self-reports, 41.5% of adolescents reported high scores in internalising difficulties, and 27.1% reported high scores in externalising difficulties scale. High scores in emotional (r=0.29, p
Period29 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU International Research Conference 2023: Knowledge for Use in Practice
Event typeConference
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

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