Measuring Outcomes Suitable for Children & Adolescents to Improve Clinical Care & Trials.
The MOSAIC lab is dedicated to transforming mental health care for children and youth by ensuring that clinical trials and care are guided by outcomes that truly matter to young people and their caregivers. Grounded in rigorous science and shaped by the perspectives of youth and caregivers, our work bridges research and practice to elevate mental well-being.
Lived Experience is Expertise – the importance of Youth and Caregiver Partnership
Partnering with youth and caregivers with lived experience in all aspects and all phases of our research is fundamental to our approach to improving outcomes.
We believe that mental health research aimed at improving care for children and youth must be shaped by youth with lived experience and the caregivers who support them. They offer insights and priorities that clinicians and researchers alone cannot define. The involvement of those with lived experience as research partners ensures that our approaches to outcome selection and measurement is scientifically rigorous, ethically grounded, and practically relevant.
Youth and Caregivers
Why Outcomes
Matter
Our Approach
The International Network for Research Outcomes in Adolescent Depression Studies (IN-ROADS) Initiative has been focused on the development of an evidence-based Core Outcome Set (COS) through a consensus-based process for use in clinical trials assessing treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents 12 to 18 years of age.
IN-ROADS Initiative
The Core Outcomes and Measures in Paediatric Anxiety Clinical Trials (COMPACT) Initiative is developing an evidence- and consensus-based Core Outcome Set (COS) for paediatric anxiety disorder trials.
COMPACT Initiative
Knowing that the tools we used to measure the outcomes we track in mental health conditions is important. We follow the COSMIN framework to evaluate the outcome measurement instruments, including PROMs (patient-reported outcome measures), commonly used to measure anxiety depression in children and youth.
Measurement Matters
Contact
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Email
mosaic.lab@sickkids.ca