TY - JOUR
T1 - 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
AU - Gantriis, Ditte Lou
AU - Thorup, Anne A E
AU - Harder, Susanne
AU - Greve, Aja Neergaard
AU - Henriksen, Maria Toft
AU - Zahle, Kate Kold
AU - Stadsgaard, Henriette
AU - Ellersgaard, Ditte
AU - Burton, Birgitte Klee
AU - Christiani, Camilla Jerlang
AU - Spang, Katrine
AU - Hemager, Nicoline
AU - Uddin, Jamal
AU - Jepsen, Jens Richardt Møllegaard
AU - Plessen, Kerstin Jessica
AU - Nordentoft, Merete
AU - Mors, Ole
AU - Bliksted, Vibeke
N1 - This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
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
SN - 0001-690X
VL - 140
SP - 126
EP - 134
JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
IS - 2
ER -