Optimizing Fidelity of Interpersonal Psychotherapy

University of Iowa

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Other: training in IPT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03053765

R33MH097041

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is designed to develop and validate an instrument to measure quality and adherence to IPT for research and training purposes. The measure is now being used to evaluate training in IPT.

Full description

The study is a randomized trial comparing 4 different methods of follow-up training in IPT. Following initial 2-day training, participant therapists will be randomized to either individual supervision, group supervision, an internet-based training program, or autodidactic training. Participants will be followed for a year to determine their use of IPT, outcomes with patients, and adherence and quality of IPT in 4 case portfolios. The adherence measure for IPT developed in Phase I of the project is being used as the gold standard measure of IPT fidelity.

Enrollment: 115 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Active and licensed therapist conducting psychotherapy treatment; naïve to training in IPT

Exclusion criteria

• Inactive or not treating patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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115 participants in 4 patient groups

Individual Supervision in IPT

Active Comparator group

Description:

Bi-weekly individual case supervision in IPT

Treatment:

Other: training in IPT

Group Supervision in IPT

Experimental group

Description:

Bi-weekly group supervision in IPT in groups of 4-6 therapists

Treatment:

Other: training in IPT

Internet-Based Training in IPT

Experimental group

Description:

Access to internet-based training in IPT to review information learned in initial 2-day training

Treatment:

Other: training in IPT

Autodidactic Training in IPT

No Intervention group

Description:

Clinicians allowed access to training materials and can engage in self-study