Home visits in the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study - VIA 7: assessment of the home environment of 508 7-year-old children born to parents diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
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Home visits in the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study - VIA 7 : assessment of the home environment of 508 7-year-old children born to parents diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. / Gantriis, D. L.; Thorup, A. A. E.; Harder, S.; Greve, A. N.; Henriksen, M. T.; Zahle, K. K.; Stadsgaard, H.; Ellersgaard, D.; Burton, B. K.; Christiani, C. J.; Spang, K.; Hemager, N.; Uddin, Md. J.; Jepsen, J. R. M.; Plessen, K. J.; Nordentoft, M.; Mors, O.; Bliksted, V.
In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Vol. 140, No. 2, 2019, p. 126-134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Home visits in the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study - VIA 7
T2 - assessment of the home environment of 508 7-year-old children born to parents diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
AU - Gantriis, D. L.
AU - Thorup, A. A. E.
AU - Harder, S.
AU - Greve, A. N.
AU - Henriksen, M. T.
AU - Zahle, K. K.
AU - Stadsgaard, H.
AU - Ellersgaard, D.
AU - Burton, B. K.
AU - Christiani, C. J.
AU - Spang, K.
AU - Hemager, N.
AU - Uddin, Md. J.
AU - Jepsen, J. R. M.
AU - Plessen, K. J.
AU - Nordentoft, M.
AU - Mors, O.
AU - Bliksted, V.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The home environment provided by the caregivers of a child is an influential single factor for development and well-being. We aimed to compare the quality of the home environment of children at familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder with population-based controls.METHODS: Danish nationwide registers were used to retrieve a cohort of 522 7-year-old children of parents diagnosed with schizophrenia (N = 202), bipolar disorder (N = 120) or none of these diagnoses (N = 200). The home environment was assessed using the Middle Childhood-Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory (MC-HOME Inventory).RESULTS: The proportion of children living in home environments that were evaluated not to meet the needs of a 7-year-old child was significantly larger in the two familial high-risk groups. This was true for 21% of the children with familial predisposition for schizophrenia and 7% of children with familial disposition for bipolar disorder.CONCLUSION: Children born to parents diagnosed with schizophrenia and to a lesser extent bipolar disorder are at an increased risk of growing up in a home environment with an insufficient level of stimulation and support. Identifying families with inadequate home environments is a necessary step towards specialized help and support to at-risk families.
AB - OBJECTIVE: The home environment provided by the caregivers of a child is an influential single factor for development and well-being. We aimed to compare the quality of the home environment of children at familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder with population-based controls.METHODS: Danish nationwide registers were used to retrieve a cohort of 522 7-year-old children of parents diagnosed with schizophrenia (N = 202), bipolar disorder (N = 120) or none of these diagnoses (N = 200). The home environment was assessed using the Middle Childhood-Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory (MC-HOME Inventory).RESULTS: The proportion of children living in home environments that were evaluated not to meet the needs of a 7-year-old child was significantly larger in the two familial high-risk groups. This was true for 21% of the children with familial predisposition for schizophrenia and 7% of children with familial disposition for bipolar disorder.CONCLUSION: Children born to parents diagnosed with schizophrenia and to a lesser extent bipolar disorder are at an increased risk of growing up in a home environment with an insufficient level of stimulation and support. Identifying families with inadequate home environments is a necessary step towards specialized help and support to at-risk families.
U2 - 10.1111/acps.13057
DO - 10.1111/acps.13057
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31155701
VL - 140
SP - 126
EP - 134
JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
SN - 0001-690X
IS - 2
ER -
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