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NCT Number: NCT06011642

Reliability and Validity of a Digital Version of a Structured Interview for Children and Adolescents (Kinder-eDIPS)

The Kinder-eDIPS is a digital version of the Kinder-DIPS (Diagnostisches Interview bei Psychischen Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter), a structured interview to assess a variety of the most frequent psychological disorders in children and adolescents. In this study, the reliability, validity and acceptance of the Kinder-eDIPS will be tested in both a clinical and a non-clinical sample.

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Key information

Conditions

Psychological Disease

Age range

6 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Ruhr-University

Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, 44780, Germany

About this study

The Kinder-eDIPS is a digital version of the Kinder-DIPS (Diagnostisches Interview bei Psychischen Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter), a structured interview to assess a variety of the most frequent psychological disorders in children and adolescents. The interview is administered by trained clinicians with children/adolescents and one of their primary carers. The reliability, validity and acceptance of former versions of the Kinder-DIPS (Kinder-DIPS for DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and DSM-III) have been studied. The aim of the present study is to test the reliability, validity and acceptance of the newly developed digital version of the Kinder-DIPS, the Kinder-eDIPS, in both a clinical and a non-clinical sample.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • sufficient knowledge of the German language

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Diagnostisches Interview bei psychischen Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter, digitale Version (Kinder-eDIPS)

Diagnostic Test

The Kinder-eDIPS is a digital, structured interviews which assesses the most frequent psychological disorders. It exists in a parent and a child version. It can be delivered by trained clinicians and takes between 60 and 120 minutes.

Primary outcomes

  1. Kinder-eDIPS

    Time frame: within 1 week of the other measures

    digital, structured interview for children, adolescents and their parents/primary carers

Secondary outcomes

  1. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

    Time frame: within 1 week of the other measures

    Questionnaire assessing emotional symptoms,conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems and prosocial behaviour in 4-17 year olds (child and parent version)

  2. Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS)

    Time frame: within 1 week of the other measures

    Questionnaire assessing anxiety symptoms in 7-17 year olds (child and parent version)

  3. Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ)

    Time frame: within 1 week of the other measures

    Questionnaire assessing depressive symptomology in 6-17 year olds (child and parent version)

  4. Child and Adolescent Trauma Screening (CATS)

    Time frame: within 1 week of the other measures

    Questionnaire assessing potentially traumatic events and posttraumatic stress symptoms in 7-17 year olds (child and parent version)

  5. Short form of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire adapted for children (ChEDE-Q8)

    Time frame: within 1 week of the other measures

    Questionnaire assessing eating disorder psychopathology in 7-18 year olds (only child version)

Other outcomes

  1. Acceptance of the Interview

    Time frame: within 1 week of the other measures

    Questionnaire assessing children's/adolescent's and parent's perception of the interview

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ruhr University of Bochum

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Reliability, Validity and Acceptance of the Kinder-eDIPS (Diagnostisches Interview Bei Psychischen Störungen im Kindes- Und Jugendalter)

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Aug 25, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 6, 2025

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