Research project
The dataset is a result of the cohort study of children with complex problems and their parents living in an urban setting in the Netherlands. Data were collected at two time points, the first in 2013 (T1) and the second 12 months later (T2). Data was collected in a digital questionnaire, although parents could also opt to be interviewed by telephone in the language of their preference.
Aim of the study
The aim of this study is to identify the changes in the predisposing, enabling and need factors that are associated 1. with a higher likelihood of changes in use of care services and 2. with changes in the intensity of use. The care services use studied comprised a broad spectrum of general care services including health and psychosocial care, and also the subset psychosocial care, including child mental healthcare and child and family services.
Results
Changes in care-service use (vs. no use) and its intensity (>0 contacts) are explained by background characteristics and changes in a child’s problems. Care use is related to factors other than changes in its intensity, indicating that care use and its intensity have different drivers. ALE in particular contribute to intensity of any care use.