Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire cluster
Data Set Specification Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier: | 741161 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 09/12/2022 |
DSS type: | Data Element Cluster |
Scope: | The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) collects data on 4-17 year olds for use in clinical assessment, screening, outcomes evaluation and epidemiology. The SDQ measures 25 initial items divided between 5 scales: emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behaviour. Additional questions apply depending on the consumer filling out the survey (parent, teacher or self), and whether the survey is being provided as an initial assessment or in a follow-up review. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The wording of the questions in each of the surveys differs slightly depending on the version being used as some versions are a self-assessment and some versions are an assessment of another (e.g., that person's child or student). The questions nevertheless measure the same concepts (e.g., how often the person loses their temper) so the description of the questions specified in the data elements contained in this cluster are general rather than being a verbatim copy of the questions from each of the survey versions. Extensive support materials are available on the SDQ developers’ website, including copies of the various versions of the instrument, background information and scoring instructions. See https://www.sdqinfo.org (YouthinMind 2022). |
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Collection methods: | There are six versions (parent-report and youth-self report) of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) currently specified for National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) reporting, with an additional four versions (teacher-report) that may be of use at the clinical level. The “1” versions are administered on admission and are rated on the basis of the preceding 6 months. The “2” follow up versions are administered on review and discharge and are rated on the basis of the previous 1 month period. The versions specified for NOCC reporting are:
Please note that the item numbering in the SDQ versions is deliberately non sequential because it covers all items in all versions, both to indicate item equivalence across versions and to assist data entry, especially of translated versions. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Goodman R, Scott S 1999. Comparing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist: Is small beautiful? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 27, 17-24. YouthinMind 2022. SDQ Information for researchers and professionals about the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires. Viewed 27 July 2022 https://www.sdqinfo.org |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Collection occasion—measure completion status, mental health code N Health, Standard 09/12/2022 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | National Outcomes and Casemix Collection NBEDS 2023-24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element cluster, representing Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), should be collected where: Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory Occasion: admission, review, and discharge* Age group: adults or older persons * Discharge ratings for the SDQ are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service). Discharge ratings for the SDQ are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration. Consumers will be offered to complete the SDQ at the specified collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures. For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022). DSS specific information: There are six versions (parent-report and youth-self report) of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) currently specified for National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) reporting, with an additional four versions (teacher-report) that may be of use at the clinical level. The “1” versions are administered on Admission and are rated on the basis of the preceding 6 months. The “2” follow up versions are administered on review and discharge and are rated on the basis of the previous 1 month period. The versions specified for NOCC reporting are:
Please note that the item numbering in the SDQ versions is deliberately non sequential because it covers all items in all versions, both to indicate item equivalence across versions and to assist data entry, especially of translated versions. National Outcomes and Casemix Collection NBEDS 2024-25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Conditional obligation: In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element cluster, representing Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), should be collected where: Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory Occasion: admission, review, and discharge* Age group: adults or older persons * Discharge ratings for the SDQ are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service). Discharge ratings for the SDQ are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration. Consumers will be offered to complete the SDQ at the specified collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures. For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022). DSS specific information: There are six versions (parent-report and youth-self report) of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) currently specified for National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) reporting, with an additional four versions (teacher-report) that may be of use at the clinical level. The “1” versions are administered on Admission and are rated on the basis of the preceding 6 months. The “2” follow up versions are administered on review and discharge and are rated on the basis of the previous 1 month period. The versions specified for NOCC reporting are:
Please note that the item numbering in the SDQ versions is deliberately non sequential because it covers all items in all versions, both to indicate item equivalence across versions and to assist data entry, especially of translated versions. |
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