Practice-Based Evidence in Psychotherapy in Ecuador

Universidad de las Americas - Quito

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Psychological Distress

Treatments: Other: Psychological Intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05343741

20211202_jvaldiviezo

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a naturalistic study implementing a routine outcome monitoring system to track clients' change and outcomes at the Centro de Psicología Aplicada (CPA) of the Universidad de Las Américas in Quito, Ecuador

Full description

This is an exploratory and descriptive naturalistic longitudinal project. The general objective of this study is to systematically examine the progress and outcomes of psychological interventions provided at the Centro de Psicología Aplicada (CPA) of the Universidad de Las Américas by routinely monitoring outcomes through an standardized system.

Characteristics of the participants and the received interventions will be recorded through the use of assessment forms filled by therapists before and after therapy, and clients will complete outcome measures on psychological distress, life satisfaction, ambivalence in psychotherapy, family functioning, therapeutic alliance, and satisfaction with the treatment received.

This is the first project in Ecuador to propose a system for routine outcome monitoring in psychotherapy. It could contribute to develop normative trajectories of change and expected recovery curves in the future and to improve the quality of psychological treatments.

Enrollment: 340 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be 11 years of age or older.
• Have sufficient ability to communicate in Spanish.
• Undergo psychological treatment at the CPA.

Exclusion criteria

• Present substantial cognitive deficits that do not allow the development of the evaluation.

Trial design

340 participants in 1 patient group

Helpseeking Ecuadorian adult and adolescent clients

Description:

The participants will be adolescent (11-17 years) and adult (\>18 years) clients presenting with common non-severe mental health problems who seek mental health services at the Centro de Psicología Aplicada. The CPA is an outpatient psychological service where students of the last semesters of the Clinical Psychology degree develop and practice their psychological care skills as co-therapists of professional clinical psychologists.

Treatment:

Other: Psychological Intervention