Effects of Systematic Patient Feedback on Therapy Outcome

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Feedback; Behavioral: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01796223

2011/1271 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 170 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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170 participants in 2 patient groups

Feedback

Experimental group

Description:

Feedback system included in psychotherapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Feedback

control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Psychotherapy as usual

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control