The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a feedback-system in psychotherapy on adult out-patients at a community mental health centre. It is hypothesized that the intervention will lead to more effective treatment, decreasing treatment dropout as well as improving patient-therapist relationship and patient activation in treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
170
Tiller Distriktspsykiatriske Senter
Trondheim, Norway
Health care utilization
Referral- and drop-out rate
Time frame: 12 months
Symptom level
Outcome Rating Scale and BASIS 32 and WHO-5
Time frame: T 0 (baseline) and T4 (6 months, end of treatment)
Patient satisfaction
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8; Attkinson \& Zwick, 1982)
Time frame: T0, T2 (2 months), T4 (6 months, end of treatment)
Level of functioning
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF; Hall, 1995)
Time frame: T1 (1 hour start of treatment) and T4 (6 months or end of treatment)
Preferences for involvement in decision making
Modified Control Preferences Scale (6 items)
Time frame: T0, T2 (2 months) and T3 (3 months)
Patient Activation Measure
Patient Activation Measure Mental Health Questionnaire (13 items)
Time frame: T0, T1 (1 hour start of treatment), T3 (3 months) and T4 (6 months)
Alliance
Working Alliance Inventory (WAI-S)
Time frame: T1 (1 hour start of treatment), T2 (2 months
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