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The CAIA
Thank you for your inquiry about the Child and Adolescent
Impact Assessment (CAIA), formerly called the Child and Adolescent
Burden Assessment(CABA).
The CAIA was developed by A. Angold, M.K.S. Patrick, B.J. Burns,
and E.J. Costello.
DESCRIPTION:
Although adult psychiatric disorders have been found
to be substantial sources of burden for
family caretakers, less attention has been paid to the
measurement of impact on the family resulting from children’s psychiatric disturbance.
The CAIA begins with a brief summary of the symptoms (“problems”)
that a parent has previously described his or her child as having,
and focuses the rest of the interview on questions about the impact
of these symptoms on the family. The CAIA is administered to the
child’s parent or caretaker by a trained lay interviewer. Like most
adult measures of burden, the CAIA takes a multidimensional
view, assessing both subjective and objective aspects.
Click
the pdf links below to review the CAIA:
 CAIA
Glossary
COPYRIGHT
PERMISSION: Should
you wish to administer the CAIA to your patients or for your
research study, please describe your proposed use of the CAIA and
write to
the address below to receive a letter of copyright approval
from the first author, Adrian Angold, MRCPsych, at no charge. Citation
in published
works would be appreciated.
Developmental
Epidemiology Center
Attention: Kristen Caldwell
DUMC Box 3454
Durham, North Carolina 27710
TRAINING:
A ½ day
training session in the administration of the CAIA is required.
Please contact our
trainer, Kristen
Caldwell, at 919-687-4686 extension 300 or email emeasures@psych.duhs.duke.edu to
arrange a training session.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION: Please
contact Anita Chalmers at (919) 687-4686, extension 230.
PERTINENT CITATIONS:
- Angold
A, Messer SC, Stangl D, Farmer EMZ, Costello EJ, & Burns BJ,
( 1998) Perceived parental burden and service use for
child and adolescent
psychiatric disorders. American
Journal of Public Health, 88:75-80.
Copyright 1998 by the American Public Health Association. Download article
in PDF format here.
- Farmer
EMZ, Burns BJ, Angold A, & Costello
EJ (1997) Impact of Children’s Mental Health Problems on Families:
Relationships with Service Use. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral
Disorders, 5:230-238.
Available in PDF format. Copyright (1997) by PRO-ED, Inc. Article available
in PDF format, reprinted with permission from PRO-ED. Inc.
- Messer
SC, Angold A, Costello EJ, & Burns
BJ (1996) The Child and Adolescent Burden Assessment
(CABA): Measuring the family impact of emotional and
behavioral problems. International
Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 6:261-284.
Available in PDF format. Reproduced with the permission of Whurr Publishers
Ltd. Download article now
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