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The services for children and adolescents-parent interview: development and performance characteristics
Peter S Jensen1, Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, Margaret Roper
1Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health of Columbia University, New York, 10032, USA. pj131@columbia.edu
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
|October 27, 2004
Summary
A new parent interview tool, the Services for Children and Adolescents-Parent Interview (SCAPI), accurately measures children's healthcare service use. It identified significant differences in service utilization between children with ADHD and controls.
Area of Science:
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Health Services Research
- Mental Health Services
Background:
- Existing instruments lack comprehensive assessment of children's service use across diverse settings.
- There is a need for a structured measure to capture detailed service utilization data.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate the Services for Children and Adolescents-Parent Interview (SCAPI), a novel assessment tool.
- To evaluate the SCAPI's utility in capturing detailed children's services use data.
Main Methods:
- The SCAPI was developed and refined for the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA).
- It was administered at 24 months post-randomization to assess the prior 6 months of service use in MTA participants and control children.
Main Results:
- The SCAPI demonstrated face-valid differences in service use between MTA and control groups.
- Parent-reported data aligned with independently collected research data.
- Significant site variations in the use of psychotherapy and special education services were observed.
Conclusions:
- The SCAPI provides a valid method for assessing the type, intensity, and provider characteristics of services used by children.
- This tool can inform researchers and policymakers on children's healthcare service utilization patterns.