Mental Disorder, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
psychotherapy
Brief summary
In this study, adult patients and therapists at the Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy of the Paris Lodron University Salzburg will complete questionnaires throughout the course of psychotherapy in order to evaluate the course and outcome of psychotherapy.
Interventions
OTHERPsychotherapy
Patients are assigned to a therapist and will receive psychotherapy
Sponsors
University of Salzburg
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients: indication for psychotherapy, adult patients capable of giving consent, with sufficient knowledge of German to complete the questionnaires, signed treatment contract and declaration of consent * Psychotherapists: officially registered psychotherapists and psychotherapists in training under supervision (in Austria), signed work contract and declaration of consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Symptom Checklist Short Form (HSCL-11) | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 11 items, Likert scale: 4-point scale; 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much), Minimum value: 11, Maximum value: 44, Higher scores indicate more mental health problems. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 8 items, Likert scale: 4-point; 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), Minimun value: 0, Maximum value: 24, Higher scores indicate more depressive symptoms, Score ≥ 10 indicate depression. |
| Generalizied Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7) | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 7 items, Likert scale: 4-point; 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), Minimun value: 0, Maximum value: 21, Higher scores indicate more anxiety symptoms, Score ≥ 10 indicate anxiety. |
| Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 4 items, Likert scale: 4-point; 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), Minimun value: 0, Maximum value: 12, Higher scores indicate more depressive and anxiety symptoms, Score ≥3 for first 2 questions indicates depression, Score ≥ 3 for last 2 questions indicates anxiety. |
| Positive Mental Health scale (PMH) | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 9 items, Likert skala: 4-point; 0 (do not agree) to 3 (agree), Minimun value: 0, Maximum value: 27, Higher scores indicate higher positive mental health. |
| Society for Psychotherapy Research Item on Mental Health | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 1 item, Likert scale: 5-point; 0 (very bad) to 4 (very good), Minimum value: 0, Maximum value: 4, Higher scores indicate better mental health. |
Countries
Austria
Outcome results
None listed