Evaluation of multisystemic therapy pilot services in the Systemic Therapy for At Risk Teens (START) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Table 2 Assessments and schedule of administration in the START trial of multisystemic therapy

Assessment	Timeline (months)
	Baseline	6	12	18
Eligibility and consent
Eligibility assessed by MST panel	x
Consent taken at introductory visit	x
Randomisation information provided	x
Questionnaires - Parent
Child and Adolescent Service Use Schedule (excluding last two questions for young person)	x	x	x	x
Demographic Interview for Parents	x
General Health Questionnaire-28	x	x	x	x
Conners Comprehensive Behaviour Rating Scale-Parent form	x	x	x	x
Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits	x	x	x	x
Self-Report Delinquency	x	x	x	x
Development and Well-Being Assessment	x		x
Conflict Tactics Scale-Short Form	x	x	x	x
Alabama Parenting Questionnaire-Short Form	x	x	x	x
Family Adaptability Service Use Schedule-Caregiver Questionnaire	x	x	x	x
Loeber Caregiver Questionnaire	x	x	x	x
Questionnaires - Young person
Child and Adolescent Service Use Schedule (last two questions)	x	x	x	x
Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire	x	x	x	x
Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits	x	x	x	x
Self-Report Delinquency	x	x	x	x
Level of Expressed Emotion	x	x	x	x
Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence	x
Antisocial Beliefs and Attitudes Scale	x	x	x	x
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire	x	x	x	x
Development and Well-Being Assessment	x		x
Alabama Parenting Questionnaire-Short Form	x	x	x	x
Youth Materialism Scale	x	x	x	x
EQ-5D^a	x	x	x	x
Education data
Conners Comprehensive Behaviour Rating Scale-Teacher form	x	x	x	x
Attendance/Exclusion rates	x	x	x	x
Youth offending data
Offending history	x	x	x	x
Interviews
Optional Qualitative interview - parent or carer				x
Optional Qualitative interview - young person				x

^aEQ-5D is a measure of health outcomes (used in the health economic evaluation).

ISSN: 1745-6215