Effects of providing domain specific progress monitoring and feedback to therapists and patients on outcome. (3rd May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dyer, Kale; Hooke, Geoff R.; Page, Andrew C.
• Is Part Of: Psychotherapy research. Volume 26:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 297
• Page End: 306
• Publication Date: 2016-05-03
• Subjects: outcome research -- cognitive behavior therapy -- group psychotherapy; Outcomeforschung -- Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie -- Gruppenpsychotherapie; ricerca di esito -- terapia cognitivo-comportamentale -- psicoterapia di gruppo; 效果研究 -- 認知行為治療 -- 團體心理治療; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Research -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychothérapie -- Périodiques; Psychothérapie -- Recherche -- Périodiques; 616.891405
• DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.983207
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-3307

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: Progress monitoring and feedback reduces the number of patients deteriorating in psychotherapy. The current study examined the effects of providing treatment progress information to therapists and patients using individual feedback of both wellbeing and affective psychological distress compared to feedback of wellbeing alone.Method: The sample comprised 845 consecutive psychiatric day-hospital admissions using a historical cohort design. The effects of monitoring and feedback of wellbeing in Cohort 1 were compared against the effects of monitoring and feedback of both wellbeing and affective psychological distress in Cohort 2.Results: Patients who were "not-on-track" in Cohort 2 demonstrated significantly greater improvement for affective psychological distress than those from Cohort 1.Conclusions: These findings suggest that providing feedback from multiple sources enhances patient outcomes in comparison to single source feedback.