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Koning, N.R.; Buchner, F.L.; Berg, A.W. van den; Choi, S.Y.A.; Leeuwenburgh, N.A.; Paijmans, I.J.M.; ... ; Crone, M.R. (2021)

The usefulness of electronic health records from preventive youth healthcare in the recognition of child mental health problems

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Background and Objectives: Early identification of child mental health problems (MHPs) is important to provide adequate, timely treatment. Dutch preventive youth healthcare monitors all aspects of a child's healthy development. We explored the usefulness of their electronic health records (EHRs) in scientific research and aimed to develop prediction models for child MHPs.Methods: Population-based cohort study with anonymously extracted electronic healthcare data from preventive youth healthcare centers in the Leiden area, the Netherlands, from the period 2005-2015. Data was analyzed with respect to its continuity, percentage of cases and completeness. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to develop prediction models for the risk of a first recorded concern for MHPs in the next scheduled visit at age 3/4, 5/6, 10/11, and 13/14 years.Results: We included 26,492 children. The continuity of the data was low and the number of concerns for MHPs varied greatly. A large number of...Show moreBackground and Objectives: Early identification of child mental health problems (MHPs) is important to provide adequate, timely treatment. Dutch preventive youth healthcare monitors all aspects of a child's healthy development. We explored the usefulness of their electronic health records (EHRs) in scientific research and aimed to develop prediction models for child MHPs.Methods: Population-based cohort study with anonymously extracted electronic healthcare data from preventive youth healthcare centers in the Leiden area, the Netherlands, from the period 2005-2015. Data was analyzed with respect to its continuity, percentage of cases and completeness. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to develop prediction models for the risk of a first recorded concern for MHPs in the next scheduled visit at age 3/4, 5/6, 10/11, and 13/14 years.Results: We included 26,492 children. The continuity of the data was low and the number of concerns for MHPs varied greatly. A large number of determinants had missing data for over 80% of the children. The discriminatory performance of the prediction models were poor.Conclusions: This is the first study exploring the usefulness of EHRs from Dutch preventive youth healthcare in research, especially in predicting child MHPs. We found the usefulness of the data to be limited and the performance of the developed prediction models was poor. When data quality can be improved, e.g., by facilitating accurate recording, or by data enrichment from other available sources, the analysis of EHRs might be helpful for better identification of child MHPs.Show less
mental health
pediatrics
public health
primary care
early identification
All authors
Koning, N.R.; Buchner, F.L.; Berg, A.W. van den; Choi, S.Y.A.; Leeuwenburgh, N.A.; Paijmans, I.J.M.; Dijk-van Dijk, D.J.A. van; Numans, M.E.; Crone, M.R.
Date
2021-05-31
Journal
Frontiers in Public Health
Volume
9
DOI
doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.658240
Link
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.658240/pdf