Does a continuous feedback system improve psychotherapy outcome?

Feedback versus no feedback in improving patient outcome in group psychotherapy for eating disorders (F-EAT): protocol for a randomized clinical trial

BACKGROUND Continuous feedback on patient improvement and the therapeutic alliance may reduce the number of dropouts and increase patient outcome. There are, however, only three published randomized trials on the effect of feedback on the treatment of eating disorders, showing inconclusive results, and there are no randomized trials on the effect of feedback in group therapy. Accordingly the cu...

Will patient feedback improve Quality and Outcome in Psychotherapy? Implementation and validation of the online feedback system OQ®-Analyst in Norway: A multi-site RCT study

Using client feedback to improve couple therapy outcomes: a randomized clinical trial in a naturalistic setting.

Despite the overall efficacy of psychotherapy, dropouts are substantial, many clients do not benefit, therapists vary in effectiveness, and there may be a crisis of confidence among consumers. A research paradigm called patient-focused research--a method of enhancing outcome via continuous progress feedback--holds promise to address these problems. Although feedback has been demonstrated to imp...

In psychotherapy with severe patients discouraging news may be worse than no news: The impact of providing feedback to therapists on psychotherapy outcome, session attendance, and the alliance.

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to assess low-cost and feasible feedback alternatives and compare them to Lambert's OQ feedback system. We also studied patient, therapist, and process characteristics that could moderate the effect of feedback on outcome, session attendance, and alliance. METHOD A total of 547 patients, 75% female, average age 41 (SD = 13), 95% Latino, treated in an outpatient ind...

One size does not fit all: Examining heterogeneity and identifying moderators of the alliance-outcome association.

Although the alliance-outcome association is one of the most consistent findings in psychotherapy research, it is also highly heterogeneous. Little is known about the factors explaining this variability, and consequently there is a lack of adequate knowledge about how to utilize this association to improve treatment. The present study had the following objectives: (a) to examine the association...