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2. What is known about adolescent dysmenorrhoea in (and for) community health settings?
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Dixon, Sharon, Hirst, Jennifer, Taghinejadi, Neda, Duddy, Claire, Vincent, Katy, and Ziebland, Sue
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COMMUNITY health services ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,FAMILY medicine ,EVIDENCE gaps ,RESEARCH funding ,CINAHL database ,UNCERTAINTY ,DECISION making ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,MEDLINE ,LEISURE ,ENDOMETRIOSIS ,RESEARCH methodology ,QUALITY of life ,DYSMENORRHEA ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,ERIC (Information retrieval system) ,WELL-being ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Introduction: Dysmenorrhoea affects many adolescents with significant impacts on education and well-being. In the UK, most of the adolescents who seek care (and many never do), will do so through general practice (primary care). Knowing how best to care for adolescents reporting menstrual pain is an area where UK general practitioners would like better guidance and resources. Methods: This mixed-methods narrative synthesis collates community and specialist evidence from 320 papers about adolescent dysmenorrhoea, with a UK general practice community health perspective. Results: We report a narrative summary of symptoms, cause, consequences and treatments for adolescent dysmenorrhoea. We highlight areas of tension or conflicted evidence relevant to primary care alongside areas of uncertainty and research gaps identified through this synthesis with input from lived experience advisers. Discussion: There is little evidence about primary care management of adolescent dysmenorrhoea or specific resources to support shared-decision making in general practice, although there are evidence-based treatments to offer. Primary care encounters also represent potential opportunities to consider whether the possibility of underlying or associated health conditions contributing to symptoms of dysmenorrhoea, but there is little epidemiological evidence about prevalence from within community health settings to inform this. The areas where there is little or uncertain evidence along the care journey for adolescent dysmenorrhoea, including at the interface between experience and expression of symptoms and potential underlying contributory causes warrant further exploration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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3. Exploring the Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Adolescent Suicide Prevention: Current Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions.
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Li, Xiaoming, Chen, Fenglan, and Ma, Lijun
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SUICIDE risk factors , *STATISTICAL models , *SOCIAL media , *ADOLESCENT health , *DIFFUSION of innovations , *SUICIDAL ideation , *PREDICTION models , *ARTIFICIAL intelligence , *SUICIDE , *PATIENT monitoring , *ALGORITHMS , *ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
The global surge in adolescent suicide necessitates the development of innovative and efficacious preventive measures. Traditionally, various approaches have been used, but with limited success. However, with the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), new possibilities have emerged. This paper reviews the potentials and challenges of integrating AI into suicide prevention strategies, focusing on adolescents. Method: This narrative review assesses the impact of AI on suicide prevention strategies, the strategies and cases of AI applications in adolescent suicide prevention, as well as the challenges faced. Through searches on the PubMed, web of science, PsycINFO, and EMBASE databases, 19 relevant articles were included in the review. Results: AI has significantly improved risk assessment and predictive modeling for identifying suicidal behavior. It has enabled the analysis of textual data through natural language processing and fostered novel intervention strategies. Although AI applications, such as chatbots and monitoring systems, show promise, they must navigate challenges like data privacy and ethical considerations. The research underscores the potential of AI to enhance future suicide prevention efforts through personalized interventions and integration with emerging technologies. Conclusion: AI possesses transformative potential for adolescent suicide prevention by offering targeted and adaptive solutions, while they also raise crucial ethical and practical considerations. Looking forward, AI can play a critical role in mitigating adolescent suicide rates, marking a new frontier in mental health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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4. Methods of studying pathological demand avoidance in children and adolescents: a scoping review.
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Haire, Lauren, Symonds, Jennifer, Senior, Joyce, and D'Urso, Giulio
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TEENAGERS ,GREY literature ,INFERENTIAL statistics ,THEMATIC analysis ,DATABASE searching ,FAMILIES - Abstract
The construct of pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is relatively new and contested. Clinical reports indicate a population who obsessively resist everyday demands and have an extreme need for control. Children and adolescents who might experience PDA, and their families, struggle significantly in their daily lives, creating a need for more research into the phenomenon. To assist the developing research field, this scoping review focuses on the methodologies used to study PDA in children and adolescents. A systematic search of six databases and grey literature uncovered 57 unique records after duplicates were removed. 21 documents containing 22 studies were retained for analysis. Of the 22 studies, 21 were from the UK and one was from the Faroe Islands. There were 18 quantitative analyses and 11 qualitative analyses. Half of the studies were cross-sectional and quantitative and almost half used mixed methods. Samples were non-representative and studies often used comparison groups of children with and without PDA. Researcher's conceptualizations of PDA were coded into categories of emotional, socio-cognitive, and neurological differences. Studies of PDA focused mostly on PDA symptoms, mechanisms, and precipitants, with fewer studies of PDA origins and problems resulting from PDA or possible supports for individuals. The EDA-Q and the DISCO were the main measures used to identify PDA. Quantitative data were often analyzed using inferential statistics, and qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis, content analysis, and narrative summaries. Implications for future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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5. Investigating grey matter volumetric trajectories through the lifespan at the individual level.
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Shi, Runye, Xiang, Shitong, Jia, Tianye, Robbins, Trevor W., Kang, Jujiao, Banaschewski, Tobias, Barker, Gareth J., Bokde, Arun L. W., Desrivières, Sylvane, Flor, Herta, Grigis, Antoine, Garavan, Hugh, Gowland, Penny, Heinz, Andreas, Brühl, Rüdiger, Martinot, Jean-Luc, Martinot, Marie-Laure Paillère, Artiges, Eric, Nees, Frauke, and Orfanos, Dimitri Papadopoulos
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ADOLESCENCE ,GRAY matter (Nerve tissue) ,ADOLESCENT development ,GENOME-wide association studies ,NEURAL development ,TEENAGE girls ,GENETIC variation - Abstract
Adolescents exhibit remarkable heterogeneity in the structural architecture of brain development. However, due to limited large-scale longitudinal neuroimaging studies, existing research has largely focused on population averages, and the neurobiological basis underlying individual heterogeneity remains poorly understood. Here we identify, using the IMAGEN adolescent cohort followed up over 9 years (14–23 y), three groups of adolescents characterized by distinct developmental patterns of whole-brain gray matter volume (GMV). Group 1 show continuously decreasing GMV associated with higher neurocognitive performances than the other two groups during adolescence. Group 2 exhibit a slower rate of GMV decrease and lower neurocognitive performances compared with Group 1, which was associated with epigenetic differences and greater environmental burden. Group 3 show increasing GMV and lower baseline neurocognitive performances due to a genetic variation. Using the UK Biobank, we show these differences may be attenuated in mid-to-late adulthood. Our study reveals clusters of adolescent neurodevelopment based on GMV and the potential long-term impact. Longitudinal analysis of neuroimaging data are useful for analysing heterogeneity in adolescent brain development. Here the authors cluster adolescent participants of the IMAGEN study into groups based on gray matter volume developmental patterns and investigate genome-wide and epigenome-wide associations with these groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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6. 'Known to services' or 'Known by professionals': Relationality at the core of trauma-informed responses to extra-familial harm.
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Firmin, Carlene, Langhoff, Kristine, Eyal-Lubling, Roni, Ana Maglajlic, Reima, and Lefevre, Michelle
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WOUND care , *RISK assessment , *CORPORATE culture , *MEDICAL quality control , *PATIENT safety , *MEDICAL care , *SCIENTIFIC observation , *HOSPITAL emergency services , *EVALUATION of medical care , *SOCIAL case work , *PATIENT-professional relations , *SEMANTICS , *COMPARATIVE studies - Abstract
• Trauma-informed practice is being trialled in response to extra-familial risks and harms. • An institutional ethnography found sources of knowledge impact this innovation. • Professionals may say young people are 'known-to-services' but be distant from them. • Being proximal to young people and advocating for their needs helps to know them. • To be trauma-informed, professionals must relationally know those they support. Efforts to shift from criminal justice to welfare-based responses to exploitation and other forms of extra-familial risks and harms, have centred relational approaches. In particular, the role that relationships between professionals and young people can play in providing a sense of safety as well as a route to wider support services when young people come to harm beyond their families is under consideration. In parallel, trauma-informed practice is increasingly promoted as a tool for creating service conditions in which relational practice can thrive. In this paper we present data from an institutional ethnography of two social care organisations in the UK which are endeavouring to adopt trauma-informed responses to extra-familial risks and harms. We use observation, focus group, and case file data collected in two time periods, to illustrate a relationship we identified between the nature and source of knowledge that guided professional responses, the ability of professionals to form relationships with young people affected by extra-familial risks and harms, and the capacity for their organisations to be trauma-informed. In doing so we trouble an established discourse in many social care organisations, that young people subject to intervention are 'known-to-services' and call for more responses in which young people are 'known-by-professionals' who are supporting them. Far from being a matter of semantics, we discuss how these two ways of knowing about young people, and the situations they face, potentially facilitate or undermine key pillars of trauma-informed practice, and the relational approaches that make such practice possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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7. Effects of mental health status during adolescence on primary care costs in adulthood across three British cohorts.
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King, Derek, Gronholm, Petra C., Knapp, Martin, Hoffmann, Mauricio S., Bonin, Eva-Maria, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Kadel, Rajendra, Maughan, Barbara, O'Shea, Nick, Richards, Marcus, Hoomans, Ties, and Evans-Lacko, Sara
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PRIMARY care ,ADULTS ,MEDICAL care costs ,ADOLESCENCE ,MENTAL health ,TEENAGE boys ,PREMATURE infants - Abstract
Purpose: This study examines the association between mental health problems in adolescence and general practice (GP) costs during adulthood up to age 50 in the UK. Methods: We conducted secondary analyses of three British birth cohorts (individuals born in single weeks in 1946, 1958 and 1970). Data for the three cohorts were analysed separately. All respondents who participated in the cohort studies were included. Adolescent mental health status was assessed in each cohort using the Rutter scale (or, for one cohort, a forerunner of that scale) completed in interviews with parents and teachers when cohort members were aged around 16. Presence and severity of conduct and emotional problems were modelled as independent variables in two-part regression models in which the dependent variable was costs of GP services from data collection sweeps up to mid-adulthood. All analyses were adjusted for covariates (cognitive ability, mother's education, housing tenure, father's social class and childhood physical disability). Results: Adolescent conduct and emotional problems, particularly when coexisting, were associated with relatively high GP costs in adulthood up to age 50. Associations were generally stronger in females than males. Conclusion: Associations between adolescent mental health problems and annual GP cost were evident decades later, to age 50, suggesting that there could be significant future savings to healthcare budgets if rates of adolescent conduct and emotional problems could be reduced. Trial registration: Not applicable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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8. Me, My Tics and I: An Exploration of Self-Identity and its Implications for Psychological Wellbeing in Young Women with Tourette's Syndrome.
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Coleman, Janine and Melia, Yvonne
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GENDER role ,SUPPORT groups ,TIC disorders ,GROUP identity ,AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,INTERVIEWING ,PSYCHOLOGY of women ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,JUDGMENT sampling ,TOURETTE syndrome ,THEMATIC analysis ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,RESEARCH methodology ,SOCIAL support ,SELF-perception ,WELL-being ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Women with Tourette's syndrome (TS) continue to be under-researched, despite female sex being associated with increased tic-related impairment in adulthood. Existing literature indicates that individuals with TS are more likely than the general population to report self-stigma, but little is known about the subjective identities of women with TS and how this relates to psychological wellbeing. Semi-structured interviews were conducted via Zoom with a purposive sample of 11 females. All were diagnosed with TS and aged 18–28. Data was transcribed verbatim and thematic analysis applied. Five themes were established: "I'm not normal", "I just want to be me", I'm a "people pleaser", seeing oneself as an "outsider", and "it's just part of me...it's not going anywhere". Difficulties with self-acceptance and the autonomy to be one's true self were noted and appeared to be intensified by stereotypical gender roles and attempts to conceal tics. Findings also suggested that personal growth and feelings of mastery can be achieved through embracing TS as part of one's identity, or recognising it as just one aspect of the self. Psychological support focused on accepting and living with tics rather than reducing them may benefit this population and is currently difficult to access. Consideration should also be given to improving the availability of support groups where women with TS can meet others like themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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9. Definition and Assessment of Paediatric Breakthrough Pain: A Qualitative Interview Study.
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Dawson, Eleanor, Greenfield, Katie, Carter, Bernie, Bailey, Simon, Anderson, Anna-Karenia, Rajapakse, Dilini, Renton, Kate, Mott, Christine, Hain, Richard, Harrop, Emily, Johnson, Margaret, and Liossi, Christina
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PAIN measurement ,PATIENTS' families ,PARENTS ,PALLIATIVE treatment ,QUALITATIVE research ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,MEDICAL personnel ,RESEARCH funding ,INTERVIEWING ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,PEDIATRICS ,THEMATIC analysis ,SOUND recordings ,CAREGIVERS ,ATTITUDES of medical personnel ,RESEARCH methodology ,PAIN management ,BREAKTHROUGH pain ,DATA analysis software ,ADOLESCENCE ,CHILDREN - Abstract
Infants, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions often experience acute, transient pain episodes known as breakthrough pain. There is currently no established way to assess breakthrough pain in paediatric palliative care. Anecdotal evidence suggests that it is frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated, resulting in reduced quality of life. The development of a standardised paediatric breakthrough pain assessment, based on healthcare professionals' insights, could improve patient outcomes. This study aimed to explore how healthcare professionals define and assess breakthrough pain in paediatric palliative care and their attitudes towards a validated paediatric breakthrough pain assessment. This was a descriptive qualitative interview study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 healthcare professionals working in paediatric palliative care across the UK. An inductive thematic analysis was conducted on the data. Five themes were generated: 'the elusive nature of breakthrough pain', 'breakthrough pain assessment', 'positive attitudes towards', 'reservations towards' and 'features to include in' a paediatric breakthrough pain assessment. The definition and assessment of breakthrough pain is inconsistent in paediatric palliative care. There is a clear need for a validated assessment questionnaire to improve assessment, diagnosis and management of breakthrough pain followed by increased healthcare professional education on the concept. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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10. The prevalence of mental health disorders amongst care-experienced young people in the UK: A systematic review.
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Cummings, Aimee and Shelton, Katherine
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PSYCHIATRIC epidemiology , *PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems , *MEDICAL databases , *ONLINE information services , *SOCIAL support , *SYSTEMATIC reviews , *MENTAL health , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *MEDLINE , *PUBLIC welfare , *MENTAL illness , *MENTAL health services , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *CHILDREN , *ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
• This study reviewed the prevalence of mental health disorders among Looked After Children in the UK. • Prevalence rates varied across studies. • The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was the most frequently used tool to assess mental health. • There is still uncertainty about the scale and nature of mental health difficulties in this group. Care-experienced children and young people are more likely to experience poorer mental health relative to the general population. Some of the most highly cited literature in this area is becoming increasingly outdated, however, and as the gap between mental health service availability and provision is steadily growing, it is imperative that we understand the scale and nature of the mental health needs of this group. A systematic review of all literature published from the UK was conducted in March 2022 using APA PsycINFO, ASSIA, Cochrane Library, Medline, PubMed, Scopus, Social Policy and Practice, Social Services Abstracts, and Web of Science. Papers were included if they 1) sampled young people (aged 0 to 18 years) with care experience and, 2) used either a standard or non-standardised measurement tool, or health records to assess mental health prevalence rates (reported as a percentage). Risk of bias assessed used the QuADS tool (Harrison et al., 2021) and data was extracted. Thirty-nine studies were included and summarised. The estimated prevalence of mental health disorders of young people in care ranged from 1 to 82 %. The most frequently used tool to assess mental health was the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Goodman, 1997) and, while over half of studies utilised prevalence information from a comparator group, this was most commonly young people in the general population. The results of the systematic review demonstrate that estimates of mental health disorders among care-experienced young people in the UK vary considerably. Further consideration should be given toward what measures are used to assess mental health in this population and how we can optimally assess and characterise their support needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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11. Early adolescents' experiences of a school- and community-based prevention program: perceived 'bridges' and 'walls' to promoting mental health and wellbeing.
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Stapley, Emily, Eisenstadt, Mia, Demkowicz, Ola, Stock, Sarah, O'Neill, Alisha, Deighton, Jessica, and Ungar, Michael
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COMMUNITY-based programs ,WELL-being ,TEENAGERS ,MENTAL health ,ADOLESCENCE ,SOCIAL support ,THEMATIC analysis - Abstract
The prevalence of mental health difficulties among children and adolescents is rising. This study aimed to explore early adolescents' lived experiences of a school- and community-based prevention program, including what helps, why, and when. Seventy-eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with early adolescents (aged 10 to 13) as part of the evaluation of HeadStart, a UK-based program. A reflexive thematic analysis was conducted and a typology was developed to facilitate comparisons between participants' experiences. The typology consisted of five groups, including early adolescents who described positive or helpful experiences of HeadStart support, those who wanted more support, those who described more mixed or unhelpful experiences of support, and those who did not report receiving much or any support. Cross-group themes highlighted the 'bridges' that interventions can build to promote mental health and wellbeing, e.g. learning new coping or problem-solving skills. There was more variation between the groups in terms of the 'walls' (e.g. issues with intervention content, timing, or location) that may limit intervention effectiveness. There were also some group differences in terms of the other sources of social support that participants had access to and the level of difficulties that they were facing in their lives. The findings suggest that intervention developers should tailor design and delivery according to different profiles of early adolescents who may be more or less able or willing to accept help, and who may experience different formats, structures, and content of support as either more or less useful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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12. 'My life is a mess but I cope': An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition.
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Bristowe, Katherine, Braybrook, Debbie, Scott, Hannah M, Coombes, Lucy, Harðardóttir, Daney, Roach, Anna, Ellis-Smith, Clare, Bluebond-Langner, Myra, Fraser, Lorna, Downing, Julia, Murtagh, Fliss, and Harding, Richard
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SOCIAL constructionism ,SECONDARY analysis ,RESEARCH funding ,QUALITATIVE research ,INTERVIEWING ,CATASTROPHIC illness ,CANCER patients ,HOSPITALS ,DISCOURSE analysis ,COMMUNICATION ,RESEARCH methodology ,FIGURES of speech ,CRITICALLY ill patient psychology ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,HOSPICE care ,ADOLESCENCE ,CHILDREN - Abstract
Background: Children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions have multidimensional needs and heterogenous cognitive and communicative abilities. There is limited evidence to support clinicians to tailor their communication to each individual child. Aim: To explore the language children and young people use to describe their own condition, to inform strategies for discussing needs and priorities. Design: Positioned within a s ocial constructivist paradigm, a secondary discourse analysis of s emi-structured interview data was conducted incorporating the discourse dynamics approach for figurative language. Setting/participants: A total of 26 children and young people aged 5–17 years with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions (6 cancer; 20 non-cancer) were recruited from nine clinical services (six hospitals and three hospices) across two UK nations. Results: The language children and young people use positions them as 'experts in their condition'. They combine medical terminology with their preferred terms for their body to describe symptoms and treatments, and use comparatives and superlatives to communicate their health status. Their language depicts their condition as a 'series of (functional and social) losses', which single them out from their peers as 'the sick one'. Older children and young people also incorporate figurative language to expand their descriptions. Conclusion/discussion: Children and young people can provide rich descriptions of their condition. Paying attention to their lexical choices, and converging one's language towards theirs, may enable more child-centred discussions. Expanding discussions about 'what matters most' with consideration of the losses and differences they have experienced may facilitate a fuller assessment of their concerns, preferences and priorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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13. Mental Health and Well-being Measures for Mean Comparison and Screening in Adolescents: An Assessment of Unidimensionality and Sex and Age Measurement Invariance.
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Black, Louise, Humphrey, Neil, Panayiotou, Margarita, and Marquez, Jose
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,MENTAL illness prevention ,PSYCHIATRIC epidemiology ,WELL-being ,RESEARCH ,AGE distribution ,SELF-evaluation ,MEDICAL screening ,COMPARATIVE studies ,SEX distribution ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DISEASE prevalence ,FACTOR analysis ,RESEARCH funding ,SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics) ,INTERNALIZING behavior ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Adolescence is a period of increased vulnerability for low well-being and mental health problems, particularly for girls and older adolescents. Accurate measurement via brief self-report is therefore vital to understanding prevalence, group trends, screening efforts, and response to intervention. We drew on data from the #BeeWell study (N = 37,149, aged 12–15) to consider whether sum-scoring, mean comparisons, and deployment for screening were likely to show bias for eight such measures. Evidence for unidimensionality, considering dynamic fit confirmatory factor models, exploratory graph analysis, and bifactor modeling, was found for five measures. Of these five, most showed a degree of non-invariance across sex and age likely incompatible with mean comparison. Effects on selection were minimal, except sensitivity was substantially lower in boys for the internalizing symptoms measure. Measure-specific insights are discussed, as are general issues highlighted by our analysis, such as item reversals and measurement invariance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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14. Adolescent Young Carers Who Provide Care to Siblings.
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Brolin, Rosita, Hanson, Elizabeth, Magnusson, Lennart, Lewis, Feylyn, Parkhouse, Tom, Hlebec, Valentina, Santini, Sara, Hoefman, Renske, Leu, Agnes, and Becker, Saul
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WELL-being ,RESEARCH ,CAREGIVERS ,SOCIAL support ,HEALTH services accessibility ,SELF-evaluation ,CHILDREN with disabilities ,BURDEN of care ,HEALTH status indicators ,MENTAL health ,ACADEMIC achievement ,T-test (Statistics) ,QUALITY of life ,RESEARCH funding ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,FAMILY relations ,DATA analysis software ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
A child's disability, long-term illness, or mental ill-health is known to affect siblings' health, social life, school engagement, and quality of life. This article addresses a research gap by its focus on young sibling carers and the impact of providing care to a sibling. A cross-national survey study was conducted in 2018–2019 (Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK) to examine the incidence of adolescent sibling carers, the extent of care they provide, and their self-reported health, well-being, and school situation. The survey was completed by 7146 adolescents, aged 15–17, and 1444 of them provided care to family members with health-related conditions. Out of these, 286 were identified as Sibling Carers and 668 as Parent Carers, while 181 had both sibling(s) and parent(s) with health-related conditions, and thus were identified as Sibling–Parent Carers. Sibling Carers and Sibling–Parent Carers carried out higher levels of caring activities compared to Parent Carers. They reported both positive aspects of caring, such as increased maturity, and negative aspects, such as mental ill-health, impact on schooling and a lack of support. To reduce the negative aspects of a sibling carer role, it is important to recognise them and to implement early preventive measures and formal support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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15. Exploring the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adolescent cancer risk behaviours in the ALSPAC cohort.
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Okediji, Paul, Troy, David, Heron, Jon, Kipping, Ruth R., Martin, Richard M., and Wright, Caroline
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ADVERSE childhood experiences ,DISEASE risk factors ,TEENAGERS ,UNSAFE sex ,SEDENTARY behavior - Abstract
Background: Some modifiable risk factors for cancer originate during adolescence. While there is evidence indicating relationships between adverse childhood experiences and health risk behaviours generally, little is known about how childhood adversity influences the engagement of adolescents in cancer risk behaviours. This study aimed to determine the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and adolescent cancer risk behaviours. Methods: Data were collected prospectively from birth to age 18 years on children born to mothers enrolled into the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort study. Multivariable linear regression models assessed relationships of a composite exposure measure comprised of adverse childhood experiences (total number of childhood adversities experienced from early infancy until age 9 years) with multiple cancer risk behaviours. The latter was expressed as a single continuous score for tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, unsafe sex, and physical inactivity, at ages 11, 14, 16 and 18 years. Analysis was carried out on the complete case and imputation samples of 1,368 and 7,358 participants respectively. Results: All adolescent cancer risk behaviours increased in prevalence as the adolescents grew older, except for obesity. Each additional adverse childhood experience was associated with a 0.25 unit increase in adolescent cancer risk behaviour (95% CI 0.16–0.34; p < 0.001). Individually, parental substance misuse (β 0.64, 95% CI 0.25–1.03, p < 0.001) and parental separation (β 0.56, 95% CI 0.27–0.86, p < 0.001) demonstrated the strongest evidence of association with engagement in adolescent cancer risk behaviour. Conclusion: Childhood adversity was associated with a greater degree of engagement in adolescent cancer risk behaviours. This finding demonstrates the need for targeted primary and secondary prevention interventions that reduce engagement across multiple cancer risk behaviours for children and adolescents who have experienced adversity in childhood, such as parental substance misuse and separation, and reduce exposure to adversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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16. The effect of urban greenspace on adolescent sleep patterns.
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Tsomokos, Dimitris I., Ji, Dongying, Mueller, Marie A. E., Papachristou, Efstathios, and Flouri, Eirini
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SLEEP duration ,TEENAGERS ,SLEEP deprivation ,AGE groups ,INCOME - Abstract
We investigated the effects of long-term greenspace deprivation on sleep during adolescence. Using data from a UK birth cohort, we studied deviations from age-recommended sleep duration through Time Use Diaries. Our sample (N = 1370; 53% female) of urban adolescents had been exposed to the same levels of neighbourhood greenspace from birth up to age 14 years when their time use was tracked. We factored in sex and ethnicity, family income, long-term illness, sharing of a bedroom, access to a garden, as well as air pollution and perceived area safety. Even after full adjustment, there was a significant interaction between greenspace availability and income when predicting sleep duration, such that low-income adolescents living in the greyest urban areas were found to sleep more than the 8–10 h recommended for their age group, while the inverse was true for their counterparts living in areas with more greenspace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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17. What treatment outcomes matter in adolescent depression? A Q-study of priority profiles among mental health practitioners in the UK and Chile.
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Krause, Karolin Rose, Calderón, Ana, Pino, Victor Gomez, Edbrooke-Childs, Julian, Moltrecht, Bettina, and Wolpert, Miranda
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WELL-being ,CONSENSUS (Social sciences) ,INDIVIDUAL development ,PSYCHOTHERAPISTS ,STAKEHOLDER analysis ,RESEARCH methodology ,SELF-management (Psychology) ,FAMILY support ,PATIENT-centered care ,INTERVIEWING ,FAMILIES ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,PSYCHOSOCIAL functioning ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,ETHNOLOGY research ,DEPRESSION in adolescence ,NURSES ,TEENAGERS' conduct of life ,RESEARCH funding ,FACTOR analysis ,MENTAL depression ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,BIOMECHANICS ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,EVIDENCE-based nursing ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,PSYCHOTHERAPY ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Evidence-based and person-centred care requires the measurement of treatment outcomes that matter to youth and mental health practitioners. Priorities, however, may vary not just between but also within stakeholder groups. This study used Q-methodology to explore differences in outcome priorities among mental health practitioners from two countries in relation to youth depression. Practitioners from the United Kingdom (UK) (n = 27) and Chile (n = 15) sorted 35 outcome descriptions by importance and completed brief semi-structured interviews about their sorting rationale. By-person principal component analysis (PCA) served to identify distinct priority profiles within each country sample; second-order PCA examined whether these profiles could be further reduced into cross-cultural "super profiles". We identified three UK outcome priority profiles (Reduced symptoms and enhanced well-being; improved individual coping and self-management; improved family coping and support), and two Chilean profiles (Strengthened identity and enhanced insight; symptom reduction and self-management). These could be further reduced into two cross-cultural super profiles: one prioritized outcomes related to reduced depressive symptoms and enhanced well-being; the other prioritized outcomes related to improved resilience resources within youth and families. A practitioner focus on symptom reduction aligns with a long-standing focus on symptomatic change in youth depression treatment studies, and with recent measurement recommendations. Less data and guidance are available to those practitioners who prioritize resilience outcomes. To raise the chances that such practitioners will engage in evidence-based practice and measurement-based care, measurement guidance for a broader set of outcomes may be needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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18. Quantifying and characterising tobacco content in the most in-demand streamed series in 10 low/middle-income countries in 2019.
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Fitzpatrick, Iona, Byrne, Danielle, Gilmore, Anna B., Hasan, Farheen, and Cranwell, Joanne
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MARKETING laws ,MIDDLE-income countries ,QUANTITATIVE research ,STREAMING media ,ADVERTISING ,CHARACTER ,LOW-income countries ,RESEARCH funding ,TOBACCO products ,SMOKING ,HEALTH promotion ,ADOLESCENCE - Published
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19. The Football Association Injury and Illness Surveillance Study: The Incidence, Burden and Severity of Injuries and Illness in Men's and Women's International Football.
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Sprouse, Bradley, Alty, Jon, Kemp, Steve, Cowie, Charlotte, Mehta, Ritan, Tang, Alicia, Morris, John, Cooper, Simon, and Varley, Ian
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SOCCER injuries ,PUBLIC health surveillance ,T-test (Statistics) ,RESEARCH funding ,SYMPTOM burden ,PHYSICAL training & conditioning ,SEVERITY of illness index ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CHI-squared test ,MEN'S health ,ANALYSIS of variance ,WOMEN'S health ,COMPARATIVE studies ,ANTHROPOMETRY ,DATA analysis software ,DISEASE incidence ,SYMPTOMS ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Objectives: To determine the incidence and characteristics of injury and illness in English men's and women's senior and youth international football. Methods: Time-loss injuries and illnesses, alongside match and training exposure, were collected across 8 seasons (2012–2020) in youth (U15, U16, U17, U18, U19) and senior (U20, U21, U23, senior) English men's and women's international teams. Analysis of incidence, burden, and severity of injury and illness was completed. Sex-specific comparisons were made between the senior and youth groups, and across the 8 seasons of data collection. Results: In men's international football, 535 injuries were recorded (216 senior; 319 youth) during 73,326 h of exposure. Overall, match injury incidence (31.1 ± 10.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (454.0 ± 195.9 d absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (4.0 ± 1.0 injuries/1000 h) and burden (51.0 ± 21.8 d absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women's international football, 503 injuries were recorded (senior: 177; youth: 326) during 80,766 h of exposure and match injury incidence (27.6 ± 11.3 injuries/1000 h) and burden (506.7 ± 350.2 days absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (5.1 ± 1.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (87.6 ± 32.8 days absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women's international football, a group × season interaction was observed for training injury incidence (P = 0.021), with the senior group recording a greater training injury incidence during the 2015–2016 season compared to the youth group (14.4 vs 5.7 injuries/1000 h; P = 0.022). There was no difference in injury severity between match and training for men's (P = 0.965) and women's (P = 0.064) international football. Conclusions: The findings provide a comprehensive examination of injury and illness in English men's and women's senior and youth international football. Practitioners will be able to benchmark their team's injury and illness incidence and characteristics to the match-play and training information provided in the present study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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