Herein, we present a newly developed psychological risk screening instrument that can be readily used within a genetic service for AOHD.
The primary objective of this study was to develop a brief, reliable and valid psychological risk screening instrument for use in the genetic testing context.
Recently, an actuarial risk screening instrument (Youth Offender Care Needs Assessment Tool YO-CNATT) was developed to provide Dutch police officers an indication of the risk for future care needs of juvenile offenders, which is needed for the decision to refer these juveniles for further assessment [ 4].
These families faced psychosocial risks (e.g. poverty, excessive demands on the mother, and mental health disorders of the mother, measured with the risk screening instrument Heidelberger Belastungsskala - HBS) and maternal stress, determined with the Parental Stress Index (PSI-SF).
First, in developing the Y-ACNAT-NO, the aim was to construct a risk screening instrument that can be used by police officers without substantial clinical expertise, and that can easily be implemented in the police system.
The present study extends risk screening research by showing that it was possible to develop an actuarial risk screening instrument with sufficient predictive value for the prediction of future care needs (i.e., problematic child-rearing situations) of juvenile non-offenders (i.e., juveniles who come into contact with the Dutch police but not in the role of a suspect).
Because these issues can contribute to an unsatisfactory performance of the YO-CNAT when it is used for risk prediction among juvenile non-offenders, we believe that it is important to examine whether a valid and reliable risk screening instrument can be developed for specifically juvenile non-offenders.
Data from the patients' records were collected regarding the nutritional screening instrument Nutrition Risk Screening 2002.
Other programs use a self-administered survey approach, but are limited to a brief questionnaire focussing on general aspects of health risks and do not address all potential risk domains with domain-specific screening instruments [ 1].
While Indigenous Australians are believed to be at a high risk of psychological illness, few screening instruments have been designed to accurately measure this burden.
