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BMC PSYCHIATRY
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0811-z
Keywords
Patient feedback; Randomised controlled trial; Crisis intervention; Efficacy; Outcome monitoring
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- Arkin Mental Health Care (Netherlands)
- VU University, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Department of Clinical Psychology (Netherlands)
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Background: Immediate patient feedback has been shown to improve outcomes for patients in mild distress but it is unclear whether psychiatric patients in severe distress benefit equally from feedback. This study investigates the efficacy of an immediate feedback instrument in the treatment of patients with acute and severe psychosocial or psychiatric problems referred in the middle of a crisis. Methods: A naturalistic mixed diagnosis sample of patients (N = 370) at a Psychiatric Emergency Centre was randomised to a Treatment-as-Usual (TAU) or a Feedback (FB) condition. In the FB condition, feedback on patient progress was provided on a session-by-session basis to both therapists and patients. Outcomes of the two treatment conditions were compared using repeated measures MANCOVA, Last Observation Carried Forward and multilevel analysis. Results: After 3 months, symptom improvement in FB (ES 0.60) did not significantly differ from TAU (ES 0.71) (p = 0.505). After 6 weeks, FB patients (ES 0.31) actually improved less than TAU patients (0.56) (p = 0.019). Conclusions: Patients with psychiatric problems and severe distress seeking emergency psychiatric help did not benefit from direct feedback.
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