Effects of Systematic Patient Feedback on Therapy Outcome

Mental Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Systematic Patient Feedback on Therapy Outcome and Dropout: A Randomized Controlled Study on Adult Out-patients at a Community Mental Health Centre.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01796223
• Other study ID #: 2011/1271
• Secondary ID: 2011/1271
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2012
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 170
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

The aim is to include a total of 128 patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Referred for treatment of mental disorder(s)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Psychiatric emergency

• Poor/no understanding of Norwegian language

• Lack of ability to execute the practical procedures required for the project

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Feedback
The Partners for Change Outcome Management System, administered at the beginning and ending of every therapy session.
• Control

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Tiller Distriktspsykiatriske Senter	Trondheim

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

References & Publications (1)

Brattland H, Koksvik JM, Burkeland O, Gråwe RW, Klöckner C, Linaker OM, Ryum T, Wampold B, Lara-Cabrera ML, Iversen VC. The effects of routine outcome monitoring (ROM) on therapy outcomes in the course of an implementation process. A randomized clinical t — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Use of health services	Number of visits at general practitioner or other health services	12 months
Primary	Health care utilization	Referral- and drop-out rate	12 months
Secondary	Symptom level	Outcome Rating Scale and BASIS 32 and WHO-5	T 0 (baseline) and T4 (6 months, end of treatment)
Secondary	Patient satisfaction	Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8; Attkinson & Zwick, 1982)	T0, T2 (2 months), T4 (6 months, end of treatment)
Secondary	Level of functioning	Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF; Hall, 1995)	T1 (1 hour start of treatment) and T4 (6 months or end of treatment)
Secondary	Preferences for involvement in decision making	Modified Control Preferences Scale (6 items)	T0, T2 (2 months) and T3 (3 months)
Secondary	Patient Activation Measure	Patient Activation Measure Mental Health Questionnaire (13 items)	T0, T1 (1 hour start of treatment), T3 (3 months) and T4 (6 months)
Secondary	Alliance	Working Alliance Inventory (WAI-S)	T1 (1 hour start of treatment), T2 (2 months