Priority 12 from the Paediatric Hospital Care PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Are ongoing mental health assessments for patients admitted to a general paediatric inpatient unit beneficial? (JLA PSP Priority 12)
Overall ranking 12
JLA question ID 0114/12
Explanatory note Mental well-being is important for children, especially while they are hospitalized, as such, it is important to understand if/when ongoing mental health assessments are required for children hospitalized on a general paediatric inpatient unit
Evidence

Newton, A. S., Soleimani, A., Kirkland, S. W., & Gokiert, R. J. (2017). A systematic review of instruments to identify mental health and substance use problems among children in the emergency department. Academic emergency medicine, 24(5), 552-568.
Carter, T., Walker, G. M., Aubeeluck, A., & Manning, J. C. (2019). Assessment tools of immediate risk of self-harm and suicide in children and young people: A scoping review. Journal of child health care, 23(2), 178-199.
Kirkland, S. W., Soleimani, A., Gokiert, R., & Newton, A. S. (2017). MP33: A systematic review of the psychometric properties and diagnostic performance of instruments to identify mental health and substance use problems among children in the emergency department. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 19(S1), S76-S76.
Manning, J. C., Walker, G. M., Carter, T., Aubeeluck, A., Witchell, M., & Coad, J. (2018). Children and Young People-Mental Health Safety Assessment Tool (CYP-MH SAT) study: Protocol for the development and psychometric evaluation of an assessment tool to identify immediate risk of self-harm and suicide in children and young people (10–19 years) in acute paediatric hospital settings. BMJ open, 8(4), e020964.
Song, K., Lorber, S., Mian, I., Leslie, K., Crosbie, J., & Munns, C. (2018, October). Brief Screening Tools for Pediatric Patients With Depressive or Anxiety Disorders: A Scoping Review. In 65th Annual Meeting. AACAP.
Health Research Classification System category Generic health relevance
Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples What is the awareness of mental health in patients and any training to support the language/interactions they have with ~ children to support their whole care mind, body and spirit while hospitalized ~ How does an admission to a general paediatric ward affect patients' overall mood and mental health? ~ What is the impact of isolation precautions on clinical outcomes and child/family coping? ~ Involving a mental health assessment with every pediatric patient admitted to hospital (and knowing how to do this) What kind of psychological impact do hospital procedures have on kids post admission? ~ What kind of psychological impact do hospital procedures have on kids post admission?
Submitted by 2 x parent/caregiver, 3 x nurse, 1 x youth
PSP information
PSP unique ID 0114
PSP name Paediatric Hospital Care (Canada)
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. 75 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop 18th and 19th August 2021