biostudies-literatureUnknown14De Ossorno Garcia S<h4>Background</h4>Single-session mental health interventions are frequently attended by children and young people (CYP) in both web-based and face-to-face therapy settings. The Session "Wants" and "Needs" Outcome Measure (SWAN-OM) is an instrument developed in a web-based therapy service to overcome the challenges of collecting outcomes and experiences of single-session therapies (SSTs). It provides pre-defined goals for the session, selected by the young person prior to the intervention, on which progress toward achievement is scored at the end of the session.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study was to evaluate the instrument's psychometric properties, including concurrent validity against three other frequently used outcome and experience measures, at a web-based and text-basedFrontiers in psychiatry1067378https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9947788biostudies-literatureExamining concurrent validity and item selection of the Session Wants and Needs Outcome Measure (SWAN-OM) in a children and young people web-based therapy service.PMC9947788Jacob JSalhi LDe Ossorno Garcia SSefi AEdbrooke-Childs JRuby FJMfalseExamining concurrent validity and item selection of the Session Wants and Needs Outcome Measure (SWAN-OM) in a children and young people web-based therapy service.<h4>Background</h4>Single-session mental health interventions are frequently attended by children and young people (CYP) in both web-based and face-to-face therapy settings. The Session "Wants" and "Needs" Outcome Measure (SWAN-OM) is an instrument developed in a web-based therapy service to overcome the challenges of collecting outcomes and experiences of single-session therapies (SSTs). It provides pre-defined goals for the session, selected by the young person prior to the intervention, on which progress toward achievement is scored at the end of the session.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study was to evaluate the instrument's psychometric properties, including concurrent validity against three other frequently used outcome and experience measures, at a web-based and text-based2023-01-01T00:00:00Z20232025-04-29T10:48:10.73Z2025-04-06T19:41:45.538ZS-EPMC99477883684624110.3389/fpsyt.2023.1067378