Open AccessAssessing Psychosocial Risk in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Author(s) -
Pai Ahna L.H.,
Tackett Alayna,
Hente Elizabeth A.,
Ernst Michelle M.,
Denson Lee A.,
Hommel Kevin A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.206
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1536-4801
pISSN - 0277-2116
DOI - 10.1097/mpg.0b013e3182a938b7
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , checklist , inflammatory bowel disease , baseline (sea) , child behavior checklist , internal consistency , constipation , disease , psychometrics , physical therapy , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , oceanography , cognitive psychology , geology
Aim: The aim of this study was to present the preliminary psychometric properties of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool 2.0_General (PAT2.0_GEN), a brief screener for psychosocial risk in families of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods: Caregivers of 42 youth with IBD were recruited and administered a battery of measures including the PAT2.0_GEN and well‐validated measures of child emotional and behavioral functioning at baseline and at a 6‐month follow‐up. Results: Internal consistency for the PAT2.0_GEN total score was good (α = 0.82). Baseline was significantly associated with the 6‐month follow‐up ( r = 0.79, P < 0.001). Significant correlations between the baseline PAT2.0 _GEN total score and caregiver‐reported Child Behavior Checklist total scores at baseline ( r = 0.74, P < 0.001) and at a 6‐month follow‐up ( r = 0.62, P < 0.001) support the content and predictive validity of the PAT2.0_GEN. Baseline PAT2.0_GEN was also significantly correlated with youth‐reported Child Behavior Checklist total scores at baseline ( r = 0.37, P = 0.02) but not at the 6‐month follow‐up ( r = 0.23, P = 0.17). Conclusions: A number of indicators support the concurrent and predictive utility of the PAT2.0_GEN. The PAT2.0_GEN is a promising tool for screening psychosocial risk that could facilitate the provision of psychosocial services to those patients most in need.