Psychiatric patients during and after a crisis
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will be randomly assigned to two conditions, treatment as usual without feedback, and treatment as usual with direct feedback in each session. All therapists operate in both conditions and ap
Hubble et al, 1999).
The key component of the PCOMS is visualization of the therapeutic alliance and changes in patient’s well being (outcome). For this purpose the PCOMS uses two brief questionnaire
Sponsors
Arkin,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients referred for acute psychiatric crisis treatment to an institution were included in the study. There are no specific inclusion of exclusion criteria at registration.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients will be excluded if they have inadequate mastery of the Dutch language.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI): Is the abbreviated version of the Symptom Checklist 90, consisting of 53 thesis. De BSI is a self-report questionnaire for measuring psychopathological symptoms in adults. The results lead to an overall score and three subscales: Global Severity Index (GSI), Positive Symptom Distress Index (PSDI), and Positive Symptom Total (PST). De Primary outcome: GSI after 3 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The Outcome Questionnaire 45 (OQ-45 ). Scores on the whole scale are used as well as scores on each of three subscales, assessing Symptom Distress (SD), Social-Role functioning (SR) and Interpersonal Relationships (IR); 2. The Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ-II) is used as indicator of the quality of the working alliance between client and clinician; 3. The Global Clinical Impression (CGI) is used as indicator of global severity of patient’s problem, and global change compared to the beginning of treatment; 4. The ‘Tevredenheidslijst’ is used as indicator of patient’s satisfaction after treatment; 5. The ‘Attitudelijst’ (Morton Anker, in 2005) is used as indicator of clinicians attitude regarding the PCOMS-instrument (de ORS en SRS). | — |
Contacts
Public ContactJ. Dekker
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VUmc PO Box 7057
Outcome results
None listed