Does an electronic patient-reported outcome improve early identification of health-related problems in young people visiting a youth health clinic in Sweden?

INTERVENTION: Young people visiting any of the 17 included youth health clinics (YHCs) for any health‐related issue will be presented with written information about the ongoing trial upon arrival at the YHC. The young people are allocated to the control group or intervention group in this study, depending on the study period during which they have their visit to the YHC. For further information and participation, they will be instructed to scan a QR code from the written information. This will lead to an IT environment with an information film about the study, a link to detailed written study information, digital consent to study participation and consent to GDPR. Upon consenting, the young people will be asked to register their name, personal identification number and telephone number in the IT system. They will then get access to an electronic research outcome evaluation questionnaire. After finishing the research outcome questionnaire, the control group will receive traditional assessments at the YHC. The participants in the intervention will go through the same procedure but upon finishing the research outcome questionnaire, the participants in the intervention group will get access to an ePRO, with questions about lifestyle and mental health, physical‐ and sexual health, social support, a question about what health area the respondent preferable would like to talk about during the visit and a self‐efficacy question about the propensity to change. One YHC represents a cluster. Clusters that are randomized to start the intervention phase (intervention group) at the same time are part of the same cluster group. Randomization takes place at cluster group level to reduce the risk of bias and is performed before the st CONDITION: Early identification of health‐related problems regarding mental, sexual, physical health and social support in young people ; Mental and Behavioural Disorders PRIMARY OUTCOME: Mental health measured using the General Health Questionnaire 12 at baseline and 6 months INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Aged 15 to 23 years old 2. Visit a participating youth health clinic with health‐related requests 3. Understand and speak Swedish SECONDARY OUTCOME: ; 1. Physical activity level measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) at baseline and at 6 months; 2. Sexual health measured using three questions, showing young people's self‐perceived image of their ability to act in a sexually healthy way at baseline and at 6 months; 3. The experience of handling life measured with the Sense of Mastery Scale in seven questions, using a four‐point Likert scale at baseline and at 6 months.; 4. Social support measured using the Oslo Social Support scale (OSS‐3) in three questions at baseline and at si Xmonths; 5. Relationships measured in eight statements regarding friendship relationships, with five answer options, at baseline and at si Xmonths; 6. Incidence of health‐related problems measured using descriptive and inferential statistics at baseline and at si Xmonths; 7. Incidence of treatment offers measured using descriptive and inferential statistics at baseline and at si Xmonths; 8. Proportion of girls and people who belong to the group homosexual, bisexual, trans, queer and other sexualities (HBTQ+), with worse mental health compared to boys in the population, measured using the GAD‐7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7‐item scale), and PHQ‐9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) at baseline and si Xmonths;